Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
Patent
1998-03-04
2000-11-21
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
600506, 600507, A61B 505
Patent
active
06151523&
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and procedure for measuring volumes and global and segmental corporal composition in human beings, by means of measuring the electrical impedance at various frequencies, determining in this manner, the ratio between the intracellular water and the extracellular water volumes, the contents of total and extracellular water in each segment and the contents of the segmental lean mass. The apparatus is made up of a computer (11) which controls an electronic box (12), fed through a feeding source (14), various electrodes (13) coming out from said electronic box (12) which are placed on the body under research.
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Bragos Bardia Ramon
Elvira Canas Jordi
Pallas Areny Ramon
Riu Costa Pere
Rosell Ferrer Javier
Lateef Marvin M.
Mantis Mercader Eleni
NTE S.A.
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