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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Conrad Melton Swartz, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
Richard Stephen Abrams, Chicago, IL (US);
Somatics, Inc., Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Abstract
A free-standing device for the testing of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) instruments, and for training doctors in using such instruments, includes circuits to generate electrical wave forms which simulate the EEG (electroencephalograph) detectable brain waves, EMG (electromyograph) muscle activity and heart beats of a patient undergoing ECT. In one embodiment the ECT output leads of the ECT instrument are plugged into the device, the training doctor selects the ECT current and the device generates response EEG and EMG waveforms. It also measures the current and displays its measurement as a test of the accuracy of the stimulus selection controls of the ECT instrument.