Method and apparatus for detecting body illness, dysfunction, disease and/or pathology

Claim 1

Apparatus for the non-invasive measurement and reporting of D.C. bioelectric potentials associated with organized electrical field patterns about discrete bilateral anatomical sites on the dermal surface of the body of a human subject to determine voltage value symmetry or asymmetry between like bilateral sites as an indication of body organ or biological system normality or abnormality comprising: (a) a multiplicity of pairs of microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrodes each including a multiplicity of separated wires adapted for multi-point bilateral contact with said discrete bilateral anatomical dermal sites for sensing a multiplicity of D.C. bioelectric potentials at each of said dermal sites; (b) a pair of single wire ground electrodes adapted for bilateral D.C. bioelectric potential sensing contact with the body of said subject at dermal sites on the right and left body sides remote from the contact sites of said microgrid electrodes; (c) means for receiving the multi-point D.C. bioelectric potentials sensed by said microgrid electrodes and the D.C. bioelectric potential sensed by said single wire ground electrodes and for converting said D.C. biopotentials to low impedance higher voltage signals, said D.C. bioelectric potential receiving and converting means including a high input impedance linear amplifier having input terminals in electrical communication with the multiplicity of wires of said microgrid electrodes and the single wire ground electrodes; (d) means for converting said higher voltage signals into a binary code of sensed digital voltage values, said signal converting means including an anolog-to-digital converter having input terminals in electrical communication with said high input impedance linear amplifier; (e) means for receiving coded binary digital voltage values from said analog-to-digital converter, polling said voltage values and placing said voltage values in ordered format, said voltage value receiving means including a universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver-transmitter having input terminals in electrical communication with said analog-to-digital converter; (f) micro-dataprocessor means in electrical communication with said receiver-transmitter for receiving ordered voltage values from said receiver-transmitter, for selecting the highest voltage value sensed by each bilateral microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrode in multi-point contact with the dermal surface at a discrete dermal site with respect to the voltage value sensed by the ground electrode on the same body side as each of said microgrid sensing electrodes, for developing a reportable differential, digital D.C. voltage value between said highest voltage value and said ground voltage value for each bilateral anatomical dermal site sensed by said bilateral microgrid sensing electrodes, and for developing a reportable bilateral digital voltage variance value between the differential values of each pair of like anatomical dermal sites; and (g) means for receiving said differential voltage values for each bilateral dermal site and said voltage variance values for each pair of like dermal sites from said micro-dataprocessor and reporting same in digital form as numerical values of D.C. bioelectric potential and numerical variance values of D.C. bioelectric potential related to normal and abnormal states of the principal body organs or biological systems.

Claim 6

A method for non-invasively measuring and reporting D.C. bioelectric potentials associated with organized electrical field patterns about discrete bilateral anatomical sites on the dermal surface of the body of a human subject to determine voltage value symmetry or asymmetry between like bilateral sites as an indication of body organ or biological system normality or abnormality comprising: (a) establishing electrical contact between discrete bilateral anatomical dermal sites on the body of a human subject and a multiplicity of multi-point bilateral microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrodes including a multiplicity of separated wires for sensing a multiplicity of D.C. bioelectric potentials at each of said dermal sites; (b) establishing electrical contact between the body of said subject and D.C. bioelectric potential sensing single wire ground electrodes at bilateral dermal sites on the right and left body sides remote from the contact sites of said microgrid sensing electrodes for sensing the D.C. bioelectric potentials at said remote sites; (c) amplifying the multiplicity of D.C. bioelectric potentials sensed by said microgrid sensing electrodes and the D.C. bioelectric potentials sensed by said single wire ground electrodes through a high input impedance linear amplifier to produce low impedance higher voltage signals; (d) converting said higher voltage signals into a binary code of sensed digital voltage values through an analog-to-digital converter; (e) polling said coded sensed digital voltage values and placing said values in ordered format through a universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver-transmitter; (f) processing said ordered digital voltage values through a micro-dataprocessor to select the highest voltage value sensed by each bilateral microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrode with respect to the digital voltage value sensed by the ground electrode on the same body side as each of said microgrid sensing electrodes, developing a reportable differential, digital D.C. voltage value through said micro-dataprocessor between said highest voltage value and said ground voltage value for each anatomical dermal site sensed by said bilateral microgrid sensing electrodes, and developing a reportable bilateral digital voltage variance value through said micro-dataprocessor between the differential voltage values of each pair of like anatomical dermal sites; and (g) reporting said differential voltage values for each bilateral dermal site and said voltage variance values for each pair of like dermal sites in digital form as numerical values of D.C. bioelectric potential and numerical variance values of D.C. bioelectric potential related to normal or abnormal states of the principal body organs.

Claim 7

A method for non-invasively measuring and reporting D.C. bioelectric potentials associated with organized electrical field patterns about discrete bilateral anatomical sites on the dermal surface of the body of a human subject to determine voltage value symmetry or asymmetry between like bilateral sites as an indication of body organ or biological system normality or abnormality comprising: (a) establishing electrical contact between discrete bilateral anatomical dermal sites on the body of a human subject and a multiplicity of multi-point bilateral microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrodes including a multiplicity of separated wires for sensing a multiplicity of D.C. bioelectric potentials at each of said dermal sites; (b) establishing electrical contact between the body of said subject and D.C. bioelectric potential sensing single wire ground electrodes at bilateral dermal sites on the right and left body sides remote from the contact sites of said microgrid sensing electrodes for sensing the D.C. bioelectric potentials at said remote sites; (c) amplifying the multiplicity of D.C. bioelectric potentials sensed by said microgrid sensing electrodes and the D.C. bioelectric potentials sensed by said single wire ground electrodes through a high input impedance linear amplifier to produce low impedance higher voltage signals; (d) converting said higher voltage signals into a binary code of sensed digital voltage values through an analog-to-digital converter; (e) polling said coded sensed digital voltage values and placing said values in ordered format through a universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver-transmitter; (f) processing said ordered digital voltage values through a micro-dataprocessor to select the highest voltage value sensed by each bilateral microgrid D.C. bioelectric potential sensing electrode with respect to the digital voltage value sensed by the ground electrode on the same body side as each of said microgrid sensing electrodes, developing a reportable differential, digital D.C. voltage value through said micro-dataprocessor between said highest voltage value and said ground voltage value for each anatomical dermal site sensed by said bilateral microgrid sensing electrodes, and developing a reportable bilateral digital voltage variance value through said micro-dataprocessor between the differential voltage values of each pair of like anatomical dermal sites; and (g) reporting said differential voltage values for each bilateral dermal site and said voltage variance values for each pair of like dermal sites in digital form as numerical values of D.C. bioelectric potential and numerical variance values of D.C. bioelectric potential related to normal or abnormal states of the principal body organs.