A method and a device for determining the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient
CA 2566643 C · Owner: Wabel, Peter · Inventors: Wabel, Peter; Chamney, Paul
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The invention relates to the field of monitoring the hydration and/or nutrition status of a patient. According to the invention a method is provided to determine at least one of a mal-hydration component an adipose tissue , component and a lean tissue component of a patient comprising the steps of determining chemical or physical properties of the patient and deriving the at least one component on the basis of the determined chemical or physical properties of the patient and previously determined values of a mass or volume fraction of water in lean tissue and a mass or volume fraction of water in adipose tissue. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method …
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- Filed December 21, 2004 and granted November 7, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 2024.
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