Systems and methods for analysis of temperature signals from an Abreu brain thermal tunnel and treatment of human conditions via the Abreu brain thermal tunnel
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US-12127815-B2
Publication Date
2024-10-29
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Abstract
Systems configured to acquire temperature signals from an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT), to analyze the temperatures signals, and to determine a condition of a human body from the analysis, and a method for doing the same, are described. In addition, systems for application of thermal signals to the ABTT for treatment of conditions are described.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to temperature measurement devices and systems associated with the Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT) and in particular to locating an ABTT terminus between an eyebrow and an eye of a subject. The system acquires ABTT terminus temperature and/or emission signals using sensors or IR imaging, and the acquired signals are analyzed to infer human conditions using side-by-side gradients, baselines, ambient compensation, time constraints, and dominance effects.
A processor receives signals from left and right ABTT terminus sensors and identifies a temperature decrease of greater than or equal to 0.1 degrees Celsius at the left ABTT terminus as compared to the right ABTT terminus, or at either the left ABTT terminus or the right ABTT terminus, during any interval of time. When the identified condition is met, the processor transmits an alert signal to an alert device configured to provide an alert.
The device uses non-transitory memory that includes a medical history of the subject, and the processor reads the non-transitory memory to associate the alert signal with a corresponding medical condition. The described outputs indicate the onset of the corresponding condition on the side associated with the measured temperature decrease, including heart ischemia, incipient neck artery thrombosis, and onset of mild stroke or brain ischemia.
Claims Coverage
The partial content provides three independent claims. Across these independent claims, the inventive coverage is centered on left/right ABTT terminus temperature sensing and signal transmission, identifying a threshold temperature decrease during any interval of time, and triggering an alert whose medical association is determined by reading the subject’s non-transitory medical history.
Left and right ABTT terminus temperature sensors and comparative threshold alerting
A first temperature sensor positioned to measure a first temperature of a left ABTT terminus located between a left eyebrow and a left eye and configured to transmit a first signal; a second temperature sensor positioned to measure a second temperature of a right ABTT terminus located between a right eyebrow and a right eye and configured to transmit a second signal; a processor configured to receive the first and second signals, identify a temperature decrease of greater than or equal to 0.1 degrees Celsius at the left ABTT terminus as compared to the right ABTT terminus, or at either the left or right ABTT terminus, during any interval of time, and transmit an alert signal; and an alert device configured to receive the alert signal and provide an alert.
Medical-history reading to map alert to a specific condition and side
A non-transitory memory that includes a medical history of the subject, including a history of hypertension, a history of vascular abnormalities or atherosclerosis, or a history of stroke or a family history of stroke, wherein the processor reads the non-transitory memory to identify the history and the alert signal corresponds to heart ischemia, incipient neck artery thrombosis, or onset of mild stroke or brain ischemia, with side association where specified.
Across the independent claims, the core coverage is an apparatus that measures temperatures at left and right ABTT termini between eyebrows and eyes, detects a temperature decrease of at least 0.1 degrees Celsius during any interval of time, and uses subject medical history stored in a non-transitory memory to map the detected temperature decrease to specific conditions, including side-specific alerting where specified.
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