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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Joan R. Jacobs, Worthington, OH (US);
Olga Kuznetsova, Edison, NJ (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises methods and devices that are developed using subject modeling functions of the form ƒ (t)=a exp (b(1−exp(−ct))). These methods and device are particularly useful in the study and interpretation of subject growth. The function parameters are calculated to give optimal curve fit to subject data, such as anthropometric growth date like weight, length, and head circumference as a function of an age measure, t. Preferably the subject is an infant and the age measure, t, is gestation-adjusted age. The fitted functions can be used to estimate subject sizes at a different, predetermined age, and the estimated sizes may be subjected to statistical analysis to determine which factors, if any, have affected growth of the infant.