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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Episcan Global, Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);

Inventors:

David Michael Sitton, Broken Arrow, OK (US);

Christopher P. Dougherty, Rogers, AR (US);

Samuel F. Arndt, III, Tulsa, OK (US);

Assignee:

Episcan Global, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2021.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4824 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4041 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 50/70 (2018.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/4266 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and machines have been used in the past to measure electrical characteristics of living tissue for purpose of locating an area of abnormal nervous system activity. However, whereas prior art methodologies merely allow for the detection of pain, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allow for the objective assessment pain severity that finds utility not only the initial diagnosis but also the on-going treatment of any disease, disorder or injury associated therewith. To that end, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allows medical practitioners to non-invasively and quantitatively distinguish organic pain from psychosomatic pain and legitimate pain patients from drug seekers and opiod addicts, as well as to directly and objectively compare the efficacy of different drug regimens and therapy protocols.


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