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DEVICE FOR CALCULATING RISK INDICATOR FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Publication EP4712099A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

Symbiosis Solutions Inc., Japan Agricultural Frontier Development Organization

Inventors

MASUYAMA, Hiroaki, HASUKO, Kazumi, OKUMA, Kana, HATAYAMA, Kouta

Abstract

A technique for calculating a risk of mild cognitive impairment for a subject who submitted a stool sample and a questionnaire , and a system for calculating a risk indicator for mild cognitive impairment is presented. The system includes an extraction unit configured to extract, from a first data related to intestinal microbiota data of a user, a second data related to a factor or intestinal microorganisms that is indicated to relate to the mild cognitive impairment; and a calculation unit configured to input the second data into a model for calculating a probability of the user having the mild cognitive impairment, the model having a third data as a variable, the third data being related to one or more intestinal microorganisms that represents a difference between intestinal microbiota of healthy participants and intestinal microbiota of patients with the mild cognitive impairment, and to calculate the risk of the user for the mild cognitive impairment, wherein the risk for the mild cognitive impairment is a probability of developing or having already developed the mild cognitive impairment.

IPC Classifications

G16H 50/30 20180101AFI20241206BHEP C12Q 1/04 20060101ALI20241206BHEP C12Q 1/6888 20180101ALI20241206BHEP G16H 10/60 20180101ALI20241206BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR