Patent Document ID: 20130253299
Application ID: 13843023
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Claim One:
1. A method of monitoring a physiological state of an organ or a tissue in a patient, comprising contacting at least one dorsal root ganglion in the patient with a microarray, wherein the microarray comprises a plurality of individual electrodes, the method further comprising a calibration phase and a monitoring phase, wherein: (A) the calibration phase comprises: measuring sensory neuron activity with the individual electrodes; and correlating the sensory neuron activity measured with the individual electrodes in the array with the physiological state of the organ or the tissue in the patient to identify individual electrodes in the array that measure the sensory neuron activity associated with the physiological state; and (B) the monitoring phase comprises: measuring the sensory neuron activity associated with the physiological state with the identified individual electrodes; and outputting an indication of the physiological state of the organ or the tissue to an effector, a user interface, a computer readable storage medium, and/or a local or remote computer system, to monitor the physiological state of the organ or the tissue in the patient.