THE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE;THE CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
发明人:
FINKEL, JULIA, COLE,QUEZADO, ZENAIDE, MARIA NICACIO
申请号：
EP11766503
公开号：
EP2552302A4
申请日:
2011.03.30
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus and method for performing human algometry are disclosed. They include a stimulator configured to apply electrical stimulation of variable intensity to an area of a patient's body, a monitoring device configured to measure a level of cortical activity in one or more regions of the patient's brain, and a microprocessor connected to the stimulator and the monitoring device that is configured to correlate the intensity of the electrical stimulation with the level of activity in the one or more regions of the patient's brain and to determine at least one of a measurement of pain intensity, a measurement of a sensory detection threshold (SDT), a measurement of a drug's analgesic impact, an indication of an onset of tolerance to a drug, an indication of an onset of analgesic-induced hyperalgesia, an indication of conditions of allodynia, a measurement of dose-response characteristics of pain management drugs, and a characterization of a pain condition.
