US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Method and apparatus for the measurement of autonomic function for the diagnosis and validation of patient treatments and outcomes" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,157, issued on Aug. 19.

"Method and apparatus for the measurement of autonomic function for the diagnosis and validation of patient treatments and outcomes" was invented by Deborah Dullen (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pain measurement and diagnostic system (PMD) for bioanalytical analysis of pain matrix activity and the autonomic nervous system to diagnose and validate patient treatments, health status and outcomes to diagnose and validate patient treatments and outcomes. The PMD is implemented using medical devices for measuring and reporting objective measurements of pain through patient monitoring and analyzing re...