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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tony L. Yaksh, San Diego, CA (US);
Shelle Malkmus, San Diego, CA (US);
Marc Marino, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1123 (2013.01); A61B 5/1127 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for automated assessment of pruritus comprising detecting movement of a band located on a limb of a subject animal so as to obtain a signal associated with the detection movement, processing the signal associated with the detected movement through an algorithm configured to establish a scratch movement trigger, and translating the processed signal into scratch counts.