| abstract |
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the autonomous nervous system in an individual, especially for detecting pain, by utilising spontaneous change in skin conductance. The apparatus comprises measuring equipment (3, 4) for measuring the skin's conductance, and storage and processing means (5) for deriving secondary characteristics of the conductance signal, thus enabling it by means of signal means (6) to indicate that the pain or other activity in the autonomous nervous system has reached a certain threshold. The invention also relates to a method for controlling a warning signal (7) in such an apparatus. |