APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR THE OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF CORPOREAL PAIN AND AUTONOMIC NERVE DYSFUNCTION

摘要

Various methods and machines have been used in the past to measure electrical characteristics of living tissue for purpose of locating an area of abnormal nervous system activity. However, whereas prior art methodologies merely allow for the detection of pain, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allow for the objective assessment of autonomic nerve function and/or pain severity. As such, the present invention finds utility not only the initial diagnosis, including the early diagnosis of generally asymptomatic autonomic dysfunction, but also the on-going treatment of any disease, disorder or injury associated therewith. To that end, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allows medical practitioners to non-invasively and quantitatively distinguish the organic from the psychosomatic and legitimate pain patients from drug seekers and opioid addicts, as well as to directly and objectively compare the efficacy of different drug regimens and therapy protocols.