Patent ID: 8597183
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A61B,A61M,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of diagnosing a patient for a physiological abnormality, comprising: inducing an involuntary reflex cough event within the patient that activates the nucleus ambiguous and medial motor cell column of the patient and stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles in the pelvis of the patient; obtaining an electromyogram (EMG) from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles while inducing the involuntary reflex cough event and determining its duration; determining intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) during the involuntary reflex cough event; and correlating the IAP with the EMG data from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles and duration of the involuntary reflex cough event within a processing device to diagnose a physiological abnormality within the patient.