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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Kurt R. Denninghoff, Vestavia, AL (US);
The UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
A method of determining the autoregulatory status of a subject by obtaining a measurement of a selected parameter of the retinal blood vessels in a non-stimulated subject, administering to the subject a preselected stimulus, obtaining a measurement of the selected parameter of the retinal blood vessels of the subject in response to the administration of the selected stimulus, and determining the ratio of the measurement for the selected parameter in the non-stimulated retinal blood vessels to the measurement of the selected parameter for the retinal blood vessels following the administration of its selected stimulus whereby the ratio provides an indicator of the autoregulatory function or status of the subject.