Michelle J Robinson

US Patent:

20180020947, Jan 25, 2018

Filed:

Feb 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/548442

Inventors:

- FORT WORTH TX, US
MICHELLE D. ROBINSON - DALLAS TX, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/055
G01R 33/44
G01N 24/08
A61B 5/145
A61B 5/00

Abstract:

The subject invention pertains to a method that involves at least three steps: (1) acquisition of a NMR data set or spin relaxation curve for plasma, serum or whole blood samples, or for tissues monitored from outside the body, (2) analysis of the NMR data or relaxation curve to extract the Tand/or Trelaxation times for water (or surrogates thereof), and (3) conversion of the water Tand/or Tvalues (or surrogates thereof) into a measure of someone's health status (referred to as a Tor Thealth score depending on the value (Tor Tor both Tand T) associated with the score). The Tand/or Thealth score utilizes a statistical database derived from previous studies of subjects ranging from normal, healthy individuals to those having varying degrees of hidden or non-hidden metabolic abnormalities, such as inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid abnormalities (dyslipidemia), oxidative stress, brain abnormalities, cognitive impairment or other disorders, and provides a measure of a subject's overall metabolic and brain health status.