METHOD OF LYMPHORHEOVASOGRAPHY (ELECTRIC- IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF REGIONAL LYMPHATIC FLOW) Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: non-invasive methods for functional diagnostics. SUBSTANCE: method involves measurement of pulse electric-impedance data (pulse flow chart, differential flow chart, electrocardiogram) by means of electrical flow meter and pair of electrodes, sampling these measurements (manually or using analog-to-digital converter), calculation of area between chart line and zero line, splitting this area into three figures using hidden phase algorithm (this method uses extreme values of differential flow chart and electrocardiogram as temporal coordinates). These three figures conform to three constituents of liquid flow in region: arterial, venous and lymphatic flows. Area of latter figure represents volume of lymphatic flow. Its geometric characteristics represent speed and resistance of regional lymphatic flow. EFFECT: non-invasive method without side-effects, increased reliability and increased speed of diagnostics. 1 dwg