The invention refers to a system allowing to evaluate the muscular mass of elderly people in an inexpensive and rapid way. It consists of an impedance meter not implying for the patient to be exposed to ionizing radiation, while ensuring greater accuracy in measurement.
| Patent title | Impedentiometric system for the assessment of muscle mass |
|---|---|
| Thematic area | Health |
| Ownership | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA |
| Inventors | LENZI, PICCIOLI, VIROLI, Marco Domenicali |
| Protection | Italy |
| Licensing status | Available for development agreements, option, license and other exploitation agreements |
| Keywords | Sarcopenia, Ageing, Impendancometer, Muscular mass |
| Filed on | 10 September 2018 |
The system is conceived to obtain more reliable assessments of elderly muscle mass loss, known as sarcopenia. It is able to evaluate simultaneously muscle function, amount of muscle mass and muscle mass distribution, while recording data remotely from the patient (via WiFi) and making report using the Cloud software. The device updates the diagnostic criteria in real time and improves diagnostic outcomes. Thus, the system presents itself as a complete product that could however be integrated into
more complex solutions.
In presence of care givers, or not (in pharmacies or gyms), in order to enhance:
- prevention of elderly disability;
- optimisation of in-house diagnostics;
- improvement of severe disability management;
- therapeutic treatments efficiency.
Advantages
- liability of the method;
- Non-invasivity for the end user;
- No need to install any software;
- Affordability compared to similar systems.