Patent ID: 6044293
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for detecting in a human test subject the presence of a harmful level of a chemical-biological agent, the method comprising the steps of:(a) administering a given dose of a predetermined chemical-biological agent to a control subject;(b) extracting control EMG signals from said control subject;(c) processing said control EMG signals to determine given parameters thereof;(d) storing data obtained in said processing step;(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) for a plurality of other control subjects;(f) utilizing said data stored in steps (d) to determine for said given dose of said predetermined chemical-biological agent a standard range of said given parameters;(g) repeating steps (a)-(e) with each of a plurality of different sized chemical-biological doses of said predetermined chemical-biological agent;(h) utilizing the data obtained in steps (g) to determine a normative range of said given parameters for each of said plurality of different sized chemical-biological doses;(i) extracting test EMG signals from the human test subject;(j) processing said test EMG signals to determine said given parameters thereof; and(k) comparing the data obtained in step (j) to the data obtained in steps (f) and (h) to determine the concentration in said test subject of said predetermined chemical-biological agent.