A pipeline for utilizing facial, motor, and cardiac signals to measure an individual’s pain threshold
Invention Summary:
Self‐reporting of a person’s subjective level of pain is highly variable. This is due to individual differences in the way human beings experience pain. At present, no objective physiological scale of pain exists that also reflects the person's level of pain tolerance. This creates several challenges such as appropriately managing pain in patients with chronic conditions or communication disorders, and the ability to accurately measure the impact of pain relief medications during clinical trials.
Rutgers researchers have developed a method for measuring a patient’s standardized pain level using biorhythm and biosignal data, such as facial movements and cardiac rhythms. Using this data, the method determines a parameter that calculates a person’s pain threshold and current pain level. The method then standardizes the pain level to an individual’s baseline, enabling a more significant result than a self-reported pain level.
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Intellectual Property & Development Status: Patent pending. Software available for licensing and/or research collaboration. For any business development and other collaborative partnerships contactmarketingbd@research.rutgers.edu