Patent ID: 6379313
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of assessing a physiological function of a peripheral nervous system at a body site of an individual, comprising the steps of:(a) applying a stimulus proximal to the body site of the individual, whereby application of said stimulus stimulates a nerve that traverses said body site and thereby generates an impulse that is conducted by said nerve; (b) detecting a myoelectric potential proximal to said body site of said individual, whereby said myoelectric potential is generated by a muscle in said body site of said individual in response to said impulse, said muscle being in communication with said nerve and said impulse being conducted to said muscle after propagation of said impulse through a spinal cord of said individual; (c) processing said stimulus and said myoelectric potential; and (d) correlating said processing results to a physiological function of a peripheral nervous system of said individual.