A DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND MONITORING COGNITIVE DECLINE

A DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND MONITORING COGNITIVE DECLINE

A device (10) for assessing a patient's absolute and/or relative risk of cognitive decline and/or dementia, the device (10) comprising: a probe (12) configured to be placed adjacent to a patient's common carotid artery, internal carotid artery or external carotid artery, at least two senso...

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Hauptverfasser: Milijasevic, Zoran, Deanfield, John, Celermajer, David Stephen, Ujhazy, Anthony
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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DIAGNOSIS
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A device (10) for assessing a patient's absolute and/or relative risk of cognitive decline and/or dementia, the device (10) comprising: a probe (12) configured to be placed adjacent to a patient's common carotid artery, internal carotid artery or external carotid artery, at least two sensors (101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110) associated with the probe (12), the sensors being configured to measure one or more of: wave intensity of carotid pulse; wave power of carotid pulse; and pressure waveform of carotid pulse, pulse wave velocity, artery compliance, artery stiffness, artery diameter; micro-emboli count; Heart rate variability; and changes to the eye or retina.