Patent ID: 8131355
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for the automated measurement of a resistance time function which is resistance as a function of time for a selected time interval for one or more test zones on the skin of a human subject, the apparatus comprising: applied signal selector; applied signal generator in communication with the applied signal selector for generating one or more applied signals; one or more applied signal applicators in communication with the applied signal generator, each applied signal applicator being attachable to one of the test zones and having a capability for automated, continuous application, for a selected signal application time interval, of the one or more applied signals generated by the applied signal generator; one or more applied signal resistance sensors, each applied signal resistance sensor being attachable to one of the test zones and having a capability for automated, continuous measurement of resistance for a selected resistance measurement time interval; resistance memory in communication with the applied signal resistance sensors; and an actuator in communication with the resistance memory, the actuator having a capability for the determination of resistance as a function of time, the resistance time function.