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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Alberto Giovanni Bonomi, Eindhoven, NL;
Jennifer Caffarel, Eindhoven, NL;
Illapha Gustav Lars Cuba Gyllensten, Stockholm, SE;
Jarno Mikael Riistama, Waalre, NL;
Harald Reiter, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
There is provided a method for estimating the volume of fluid in part of the body of a subject, the method comprising obtaining a measurement of the circumference, c, of the part of the body of the subject; obtaining a measurement of the impedance of the part of the body of the subject using electrodes attached across the part of the body of the subject; and estimating the volume of fluid in the part of the body of the subject from the measurement of impedance and the measurement of the circumference c. An apparatus comprising a control unit configured to perform the method is also provided.