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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Olof Lindahl, Umeå, SE;
Inventor:
Olof Lindahl, Umeå, SE;
Assignee:
Bioresonator AB, Umeå, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measurement and distinguishing between brawny and pitting oedema comprises a measurement head including a tactile sensor to measure a first characteristic of the oedema and a force decay sensor mounted adjacent the tactile sensor, to measure a second characteristic of the oedema so as to distinguish brawny oedema from pitting oedema. The tactile sensor may be a resonance oscillating sensor which may determine frequency shift, and the forced decay sensor may provide information regarding the degree of displaced fluid as a measure of pitting oedema through measurement of decay of force.