METHOD AND APPARATUS AS WELL AS REFERENCE ELECTRODE FOR TISSUE PALPATION FOR EXAMINING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF THE IMPLANTED METAL SUBSTITUTIONS (IN VIVO) CAUSING ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS AND/OR INFLAMMATION IN THE LIVING ORGANISM

摘要

The invention relates to a method for examining by potential measuring the electrochemical effects of the implanted metal substitutions (in vivo) causing allergic symptoms and/or inflammation in the living organism. In the sense of the invention potential difference is measured between the implanted metal and a reference electrode palpating the neighbouring soma tissue. The invention relates furthermore to an apparatus for examining the electrochemical effects of the implanted metal substitutions (in vivo) causing allergic symptoms and/or inflammation at the living organism, wherein the apparatus contains two probes and a signal processing circuit connected thereto. In the sense of the invention one of the probes is a reference electrode (1) provided with reference electrolyte (34), which is connected to the soma tissue near the implant implanted or inserted provisionally, while the other probe is a measuring electrode (2) provided with a metal contact tip (6) which is joined to the implant implanted or inserted provisionally, the reference electrode (1) and the measuring electrode (2), in a given case, through an amplifier (20, 27) to one of the inputs of the comparing unit (22, 28) are connected, while to the other input of the comparing unit (22, 28) is connected the output of a memory (24, 30) containing at least one of the data concerning the metal to be examined, and to one of the outputs of the comparing unit (22, 28) is connected the display for the measured data (11).