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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Aharon Shapira, Jerusalem, IL;
Alon Rappaport, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Shlomi Ben-ari, Binyamina, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Osran Medical Technologies, Ltd., Natania, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0295 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of estimating blood flow in a brain, comprising: a) causing currents to flow inside the head by producing electric fields inside the head; b) measuring at least changes in the electric fields and the currents; c) estimating changes in the blood volume of the head, using the measurements of the electric fields and the currents, where the current are produced in children or using electrodes at or near holes in the skull. Optionally, the configuration is selected to focus the flow of current to be inside the brain to a significant degree.