Wallace L Smith
Barber at Adams St, Denver, CO
License number
Colorado 1312
Issued Date
May 15, 1967
Renew Date
Mar 31, 1996
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 1996
Type
Barber
Address
Address
3115 Adams St, Denver, CO 80205
Professional information
Method For Diagnosis Of Pain Relief Probability Through Medical Treatment
US Patent:
7097617, Aug 29, 2006
Filed:
Mar 31, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/813080
Inventors:
Wallace Lynn Smith - Denver CO, US
International Classification:
A61B 5/00
US Classification:
600300, 128898
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a method of diagnosing patients having chronic pain as medically unexplained symptoms, or somatization, in order to assess a probability of relief of such pain through medical treatment. The present invention is a self-reporting diagnostic test that identifies and quantifies psychological and behavioral factors that can affect treatment outcome for a patient sensitive to somatization, that might have a bearing on a decision by a physician to operate or otherwise medically treat a patient, and the problems that could occur post-operatively or after treatment. The method of the present invention diagnoses a probability of pain relief through medical treatment in a patient by administration of a test comprised of declarative statements of validity factors comprising defensiveness, predictiveness and carelessness, and clinical factors comprising somatic concern, depressed mode, passive personality, compulsive/obsessive personality, hypomania, and ego integrative defect. From the raw scores for each of the six (6) clinical factors, a scoring value of standard deviations above the normative group mean is calculated, enabling the clinician to produce a single numerical index score indicating and measuring the effect of somatization on the patient.