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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2000
Timothy L. Ruchti, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Stephen F. Malin, Glendale, CA (US);
Suresh Thennadil, Tempe, AZ (US);
Jessica Rennert, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Glenn Aaron Kees, Tempe, AZ (US);
Instrumentation Metrics, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Instrumentation and procedures for noninvasively determining the sex of human and animal subjects in vivo have been developed based on the irradiation of skin tissue with near infrared light. The method of sex determination provides additional information about primary sources of systematic tissue variability, namely, the thickness of the dermis and the subcutaneous fat. Categorization of subjects on the basis of the determination is therefore suitable for further spectral analysis and the measurement of biological and chemical compounds, such as blood analytes.