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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shane S. Shahrestani, Yorba Linda, CA (US);

Tzu-Chieh Chou, Pasadena, CA (US);

Yu-Chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/087 (2013.01); A61B 5/097 (2013.01);
Abstract

Medical diagnostic devices and related methods of use are described in which a sensor coil may be connected with a resistive, inductive, and capacitive (RCL) circuit including a power meter and a frequency counter, and the sensor may be positioned on a chest of a subject. The sensor apparatus may apply an alternating current through the sensor coil. The sensor apparatus may measure parallel resistance values in the sensor coil using the power meter for a time interval while the subject inhales and exhales. The sensor apparatus may record the parallel resistance values. The sensor apparatus may determine a first change in the parallel resistance values by measuring a difference between a crest and a trough of the parallel resistance values, wherein the crest of the parallel resistance value corresponds to the inhale and the trough of the parallel resistance value corresponds to the exhale of the subject's breath.


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