Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1994-05-12
1996-03-19
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61B 1000
Patent
active
054996317
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The search for satisfactory methods of detecting estrus in farm animals has long been a subject of scientific interest. The same is true with respect to detecting the exact moment of ovulation in women.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To establish the optimal moment for insemination in farm animals research has been undertaken to discover ways of exploiting hormone analysis, changes in the electric conductivity of the vaginal mucous membrane, vaginal pH, vaginal cytology, and body temperature. Up to now, however, there are hardly any practical methods.
European Patent 0 177 994 describes a method of predicting ovulation in women. The beginning of menstruation is recorded and a body parameter that regularly supplies information about the menstrual cycle established. This parameter is the specific electric resistance of the subject's saliva. The document also proposes determining the electric resistance of the vaginal mucus at the beginning of determination of the first peak in the chart of the salivary resistance, whereby the vaginal electric resistance is maintained daily. The increase in vaginal resistance subsequent to a minimum simultaneously indicates to the user the presence of ovulation. The publication describes in this context a test probe for determining the electric resistance of the saliva. The test probe has a flat surface with several circular test electrodes embedded in it. The same publication describes a cylindrical test probe surrounded by annular test electrodes and with rounded ends for determining the electric resistance of the vaginal mucus. The test electrodes in both test probes measure parallel.
One object of the present invention is an exact method of measuring the electric conductivity of body fluids. The second is a test probe that can be practically employed in conjunction with the method.
The method of measuring the electric conductivity of body fluids in accordance with the invention uses several test electrodes positioned at various sites at one area of the body to determine electric resistance. The measurements are obtained with a test probe that accommodates the test electrodes. The method is characterized in that the resistances detected by the test electrodes are polled and the minimal resistance is exploited as a reference for determining electric conductivity.
The invention takes into account that the test probe and hence the test electrodes constantly change position relative to the adjacent body wall due to the motion of the human or other animal during the measurement of the electric conductivity of body fluids, especially during the measurement of the electric conductivity of vaginal or cervical mucus. The test electrodes will accordingly more or less contact the body fluid. The desired signal is accordingly powerfully affected by the volume and spatial distribution of the mucus. It depends, in other words, on the position of the testing site. The method in accordance with the invention counteracts this dependency first by measuring at several different sites within the area. Changes in signal due to changes in the electric conductivity of the mucus must accordingly appear as tendencies at each site. The various sites are obtained by positioning a large number of test electrodes. Since each test electrode is separately circuited it is possible in order to determine the resistance to evaluate only the test electrode that has the lowest resistance.
Evaluation of the lowest resistance provides information as to whether the particular test electrode is taken into consideration that is most washed with mucus and accordingly lies in the freshest mucus. In terms of determining ovulation it is known that the electric resistance of the cervical and/or vaginal mucus is highest prior to ovulation and decreases as ovulation approaches while the volume of mucus simultaneously increases when necessary. The low resistance due to optimal positioning of the single test electrode being exploited for evaluation and the tendency toward decreased resistance at t
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Fogiel Max
Hindenburg Max
Rheintechnik Weiland & Kaspar KG Maschinenfabrik
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