Controller for neuromuscular testing

摘要

A peripheral nervous system (PNS) neuromuscular disorder testing system incorporates a testing apparatus that is affixed to a patients skin, positioning a stimulus transducer (e.g., electrical contact(s), movable sharp point, etc.) into a nerve pathway of interest with an electrode and reference electrodes appropriately positioned relative thereto to measure the electrical signal produced. A wireless connection to a control box relays the data associated with the time of the stimulus and the sensed response to a diagnostic system that analyzes the waveform per selectable testing protocols with user tailorable view capabilities and data dissemination communication paths.

主权项

1. A kit operable to perform both evoked response potential (ERP) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) testing, the kit comprising:
a PNS testing device positionable upon a subject's skin having a signal electrode, a reference electrode and a tactile stimulus producer; an ERP testing device configured to perform an ERP test; a control unit device operably configured to communicate a plurality of testing control administration parameters to the testing devices, wherein the control unit device is operable to perform both a peripheral nervous system nerve conduction test with the PNS testing device and an evoked response potential test with the ERP testing device, wherein the control unit device comprises a first port that is selectively connectable to a selected one of the PNS testing device or the ERP testing device; a remote storage device, wherein the remote storage device is configured to store classifiers associated with a plurality of neuromuscular disorders; a computer processor device in communication with the remote storage device, wherein the computer processor device is remote from the control unit device, wherein the computer processor device is configured to receive PNS test results and ERP test results from the control unit device, wherein the computer processor device is configured to compare the PNS test results or ERP test results from the control unit device against the classifiers stored on the remote storage device to correlate the PNS test results or ERP test results with one or more of the neuromuscular disorders, wherein the computer processor device is further configured to generate additional classifiers based at least in part on the PNS test results or ERP test results, the additional classifiers being associated with one or more neuromuscular disorders; and a second port in communication with the control unit device, wherein the a second port is configured to: (i) provide remote registration of the control unit device with the computer processor device via a communication network, (ii) provide communication of one or more PNS testing protocols or ERP testing protocols from the computer processor device to the control unit device via the communication network, and (iii) provide communication of the PNS test results or ERP test results from the control unit device to the computer processor device via the communication network, wherein the testing control administration parameters communicated from the control unit device to the testing devices are provided in accordance with the one or more PNS testing protocols or ERP testing protocols.