Patent ID: 8515551
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A diagnostic system for identifying a preferred treatment for a patient comprising at least two pairs of electrodes; each of said pairs adapted to be temporarily attached to opposite limbs of a patient, respectively, at various selected locations and an electrical circuit connected to the electrodes for producing treatments comprising conducting a plurality of carrier frequencies and a plurality of beat frequencies through said electrodes for delivering therapeutic electrical interferential energy to the patient at said selected locations; said treatments producing a variety of responses of the autonomic nervous system wherein sympathetic and parasympathetic activity occurs in response to said treatments; a sensor for monitoring the autonomic nervous system of the patient for detecting said sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activity and providing a series of outputs indicative of said activity; and a recorder for recording the outputs whereby the electrodes may be repositioned and the carrier frequency can be changed and the beat frequency can be changed to produce a series of said treatments, at least some of which produce indications of autonomic nervous system activity that promotes augmenting the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system and decreasing the effects of the activity of the sympathetic nervous system thereby identifying an effective set of treatments to be applied to a patient.