OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160120417 | SOLENOID VALVE AND ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - In a solenoid valve, a bobbin and a solenoid coil are accommodated in a casing. A rod-shaped plunger is slidably inserted into the bobbin. A core provided with a flow port through which a fluid flows is disposed on one side of the casing. A valve body is attached to one end opposing the flow port of the plunger. In a non-operating period during which a solenoid coil is in a non-energized state, the valve body moves away from the flow port due to the biasing force applied by the biasing portion and another end of the plunger protrudes outward from the casing through the through hole, abuts against lock portions disposed outside of the casing, and is thereby locked. The lock portions can be elastically deformed by an external force such that separation of the plunger and the valve body from the casing is allowed. | 05-05-2016 |
20160100826 | PREDICTED MENSTRUATION START DATE CALCULATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND BODY ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A predicted menstruation start date calculation apparatus includes a date information acquisition unit that acquires a number of menstrual cycle days and a number of high temperature phase days over multiple menstrual cycles of a woman, a type classification unit that performs classification into a specific type indicating that the number of menstrual cycle days is unstable and the number of high temperature phase days is stable, and into one or more types other than the specific type, and a calculation unit that calculates the predicted menstruation start date based on the classification by the type classification unit. | 04-14-2016 |
20160081565 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - An electronic blood pressure monitor retrieves a pulsewave signal that is superimposed on a cuff pressure signal and indicates a pulsewave at a measurement site, and acquires a string of pulsewave amplitudes indicated by the pulsewave signal. A first envelope connects the amplitudes created for the acquired string of pulsewave amplitudes. Local maxima and minima in the first envelope are detected. With respect to the strings of amplitudes corresponding respectively to the local maxima and minima, a local-maximum envelope and a local-minimum envelope connecting the amplitudes are created. Two pressure values at points at which portions on the high-pressure-side and low-pressure-side with respect to the maximum peaks of the local-maximum envelope and the local-minimum envelope respectively cross first and second threshold levels are obtained, and the average values of each pair of pressure values are calculated as the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure respectively. | 03-24-2016 |
20160000542 | Replacement Head for An Oral Care Implement, And Oral Care Implement And Method Of Utilizing The Same - A replacement head for an oral care implement, such as a powered toothbrush, wherein the replacement head utilizes a specially designed structure for coupling the replacement head to an oral care implement body. In one embodiment, the invention can be a replacement head comprising: a head having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted thereto; a tubular sleeve comprising a cavity for receiving a stem of the body, a proximal edge defining an opening into the cavity, and a distal end to which the head is coupled, the tubular sleeve comprising a locking tab for engaging an undercut surface of a locking section of a boss. | 01-07-2016 |
20150196206 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A CPU detects pulse waves in a pressure signal of a cuff detected during a period of reducing pressure applied by the cuff to a measurement site and acquires blood flow sound signals corresponding to blood flow sounds occurring in the pressure reduction period. Then, data for a pulse wave envelope that associates the amplitude values of the detected pulse waves with the pressurizing pressures at the pulse wave generation times, and data for a blood flow sound envelope that associates the amplitude values of the blood flow sound signals with the pressurizing pressures at the blood flow sound generation times are generated, and the data for the pulse wave envelope and the data for the blood flow sound envelope are used to determine whether or not there is periodic variation in the blood pressure during the pressure reduction period. | 07-16-2015 |
20150190064 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PULSE WAVE DETECTION METHOD - The blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a pressure sensor that detects the pressure in a cuff and outputs a cuff pressure signal, and a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave in the cuff pressure signal. The pulse wave detection unit includes an analog HPF that extracts a high-frequency component from the cuff pressure signal, an A/D conversion unit, a signal storage unit that stores a signal obtained by performing A/D conversion on the cuff pressure signal detected at the time when the pressurizing pressure changes from increasing to decreasing, a subtraction unit that subtracts the signal stored by the signal storage unit from an output signal of the A/D conversion unit, and a digital HPF that extracts a high-frequency component from the output signal of the subtraction unit. | 07-09-2015 |
20150182147 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A CPU of a blood pressure measurement apparatus configured to be used while attached to a wrist of a measurement subject calculates an inclination angle formed by a forearm of the measurement subject with respect to a reference plane, and a rotation angle about an axis, where the forearm is used as the axis, of the blood pressure measurement device, based on information detected by an acceleration sensor, and uses the distance d between the radial artery and the ulnar artery that pass through the wrist, the inclination angle, and the rotation angle to determine the relative positional relationship between the radial artery and the ulnar artery. In accordance with the relative positional relationship, the CPU guides the measurement orientation of the measurement subject. | 07-02-2015 |
20150182138 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A blood pressure information measurement cuff includes a band-shaped cuff body and a fluid bladder that is connected to the cuff body and is configured to expand/contract with insertion or discharge of a fluid, the blood pressuring information measurement cuff being configured to be used while wrapped around a body being examined. The fluid bladder is formed into a rectangular bag shape by flattening a tube-shaped resin sheet and sealing the two end portions thereof that form openings. A partial welded portion, which is formed by the resin sheet being folded so as to overlap itself and welded, is formed on at least a portion of one of a pair of opposing sides that intersect the sides of the two sealed end portions and extend in a wrapping direction on the body being examined. | 07-02-2015 |
20150182133 | FLOW CONTROL VALVE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A flow control valve includes a bobbin around which a solenoid coil is wound, a plunger inserted into the bobbin so as to be capable of sliding, a core in which is provided an outflow port from which a fluid flows, a spring that biases the plunger in a direction away from the core, and a valve body incorporated into the plunger so as to be disposed facing the outflow port. During a non-operating state, the valve body is disposed at a first position distanced from the outflow port. During an operating state, the plunger is pulled toward the core against a biasing force of the spring, and is not in contact with the core when the valve body is at a second position in which the valve body blocks the outflow port. | 07-02-2015 |
20150150470 | PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP AND BLOOD-PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A piezoelectric pump is provided with an actuator containing a piezoelectric element and a vibrating sheet; a first diaphragm, positioned opposite the actuator, with a first connecting hole provided therein; a pump chamber formed by the space between the actuator and the first diaphragm; and a second diaphragm positioned opposite the first diaphragm. The part of the second diaphragm opposite the first connecting hole is provided with an opposing wall portion that prevents a fluid that has been introduced into the pump chamber via the first connecting hole from flowing back towards a suction side via the first connecting hole. | 06-04-2015 |
20150094602 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A control amplitude and a control frequency of a voltage applied to a piezoelectric pump are determined, control is carried out so that a voltage at the determined control amplitude and control frequency is applied to the piezoelectric pump, and a blood pressure value is calculated based on a cuff pressure detected by a pressure detection unit during inflation when the cuff pressure is increased by the piezoelectric pump. The amplitude of the voltage is controlled in predetermined steps, and a voltage having an amplitude that is a value above the control amplitude by at least one step and a voltage having an amplitude that is a value below the control amplitude by at least one step are applied, in a predetermined order, so that the control is the same or essentially the same as when a voltage at the determined control amplitude is applied. | 04-02-2015 |
20150065895 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING BLOOD PRESSURE - A blood pressure measurement device measures blood pressure and a blood pressure change affecting factor of a patient. The device includes a memory, a tolerance determination section, and a display unit. The tolerance determination section includes a rest/unrest condition determination section and a blood pressure tolerance determination section. The tolerance determination section determines whether the blood pressure of the patient is tolerant to the blood pressure change affecting factor. The display unit of the device displays the measured blood pressure, the measured blood pressure change affecting factor, and a tolerance determination of the patient. | 03-05-2015 |
20150045680 | BLOOD-PRESSURE RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A blood pressure-related information display device displays a representative value setting field for setting a representative value obtainment mode as an image in a part of a display screen. The representative value setting field includes a setting area and a list area, the latter of which is displayed when, for example, a doctor clicks an inverted triangular mark in the setting area with a mouse. Representative value obtainment modes are displayed in the list area in list format so that all the modes can be viewed. The list area is configured so that any one of a plurality of types of representative value obtainment modes can be selected. | 02-12-2015 |
20150038802 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETERMINING REST CONDITION OF PATIENT - A method includes pressurizing a cuff of a blood pressure measurement device that is wrapped around a measurement site of a patient, measuring the patient's blood pressure and pulse period during and before depressurization of the cuff, calculating a threshold value range of the pulse period based on data of a past measured pulse period of the patient, determining whether the measured pulse period is within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period, if the measured pulse period is determined to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period both during and before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the rest condition, and if the measured pulse period is determined not to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period either during or before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the unrest condition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150038801 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETERMINING REST CONDITION OF PATIENT - A blood pressure measurement device measures a pulse period of a patient and includes a memory, a threshold calculation section, a rest/unrest condition determination section, and a display unit. The memory stores data of the measured pulse period and data of a pulse period of past measurement of the patient. The threshold calculation section calculates a threshold value range based on the data of the pulse period of the past measurement of the patient. The rest/unrest condition determination section determines whether the patient was under the rest condition or the unrest condition during blood pressure measurement by comparing the measured pulse period with the threshold value range. The display unit displays the blood pressure measured and whether the blood pressure was measured when the patient was in the rest condition or the unrest condition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150020325 | Replacement Head for An Oral Care Implement, And Oral Care Implement And Method Of Utilizing The Same - A replacement head for an oral care implement, such as a powered toothbrush, wherein the replacement head utilizes a specially designed structure for coupling the replacement head to an oral care implement body. In one embodiment, the invention can be a replacement head comprising: a head having a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted thereto; a tubular sleeve comprising a cavity for receiving a stem of the body, a proximal edge defining an opening into the cavity, and a distal end to which the head is coupled, the tubular sleeve comprising a locking tab for engaging an undercut surface of a locking section of a boss. | 01-22-2015 |
20140316291 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, EVALUATING METHOD, AND EVALUATION PROGRAM - A measurement device includes a blood pressure measurement unit that measures blood pressures in the upper and lower limbs, a pulse wave measurement unit that measures pulse waves in the upper and lower limbs, a first index calculation unit that calculates an ABI by calculating the ratio of the blood pressures in the upper and lower limbs, a second index calculation unit that calculates a second index used for evaluation of the ABI using the pulse waves in the upper and lower limbs, an evaluation unit that evaluates the reliability of the ABI using the ABI and the second index, and an output unit that outputs the ABI along with the result of evaluation. | 10-23-2014 |
20140263743 | NEBULIZER AND NEBULIZER KIT - A nebulizer kit includes a case body having a compressed air introduction tube in an upper end portion of which is a nozzle hole that expels compressed air, a suction channel formation member forming a suction channel for sucking liquid toward the upper end portion and forming an atomizing area in an exit region of the hole, and a flow channel formation member having an aerosol discharge port. The suction channel has first and second suction channels respectively extending upward along an outer circumferential surface of the tube and from the suction channel toward the hole at a leading end area of the tube and has a liquid suction port that expels the liquid. A particle segregating portion having a blade portion, whose orientation to the atomizing area is adjustable, is between the atomizing area and the port. The suction channel formation member is fixed to the case body. | 09-18-2014 |
20140263740 | NEBULIZER AND NEBULIZER KIT - A nebulizer kit includes a case body having a compressed air introduction tube, in an upper end portion of which a nozzle hole that expels compressed air is formed, a suction channel formation member that forms a suction channel for sucking a liquid toward the upper end portion and that forms an atomizing area in an exit region of the nozzle hole, and a flow channel formation member having an aerosol discharge port. The suction channel has a first suction channel extending upward along an outer circumferential surface of the compressed air introduction tube, and a second suction channel that extends from the first suction channel toward the nozzle hole at a leading end area of the compressed air introduction tube and has a liquid suction port that expels the liquid. | 09-18-2014 |
20140261401 | NEBULIZER AND NEBULIZER KIT - A nebulizer kit includes a case body having a compressed air introduction tube in an upper end portion of which a nozzle hole that expels compressed air is formed, a suction channel formation member that forms a suction channel for sucking a liquid toward the upper end portion and that forms an atomizing area in an exit region of the nozzle hole, and a flow channel formation member having an aerosol discharge port. The suction channel has a first suction channel extending upward along an outer circumferential surface of the compressed air introduction tube, and a second suction channel that extends from the first suction channel toward the nozzle hole at a leading end area of the compressed air introduction tube and has a liquid suction port that expels the liquid. An upper sloped surface region that slopes toward the suction channel is provided above the liquid suction port. | 09-18-2014 |
20140257117 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A measurement device includes a detection device to detect a pulse wave signal at a first measurement location in a vascular pathway from the heart of a measurement subject to an area where an arterial aneurysm is predicted to occur and a pulse wave signal at a second measurement location in a vascular pathway from the heart of the measurement subject to an area that is different from the area where an arterial aneurysm is predicted to occur, a comparison device to calculate a comparison result by comparing frequency characteristics between the pulse wave signals, and a determination device to determine at least one of the presence/absence and size of an arterial aneurysm based on a predetermined characteristic amount for a frequency contained in the comparison result. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257116 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE METER - An electronic blood pressure meter includes a cuff, an inflation control unit that controls a pump for outputting a fluid into the cuff so that a pressure in the cuff is increased at an inflation speed target in accordance with a driving voltage, a pressure detection unit that detects a cuff pressure signal indicating a cuff pressure, a blood pressure calculation unit that calculates a blood pressure value based on a pulse wave superimposed on the detected cuff pressure signal, and a target changing unit that varies the inflation speed target during an inflation process in which the cuff pressure begins to increase at an initial inflation speed target and continues to increase. The target changing unit varies the inflation speed target so that the driving voltage measured during the inflation process stays within a voltage range corresponding to a range in which the pump is capable of output. | 09-11-2014 |
20140231538 | LIQUID SPRAY APPARATUS - A liquid spray apparatus includes a liquid storage part storing a liquid, a vibratory source including a leading end, a recess being formed in a surface of the leading end, and a mesh member including a large number of micropores and arranged to abut on the surface of the leading end of the vibratory source. The liquid is supplied from the outside of the leading end to the surface and the recess of the leading end. The liquid supplied to the surface and the recess of the leading end is discharged in an atomized manner through the micropores by vibrations of the vibratory source. This liquid spray apparatus can stably spray the liquid with the vibratory source and the mesh member. | 08-21-2014 |
20140212850 | BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR MANAGING A MEASUREMENT SUBJECT'S BODY WEIGHT USING A TARGET - A body weight management device includes: a change obtainment unit for obtaining an intra-day body weight change value on a daily basis based body weight measurement values of a measurement subject measured on a daily basis; an achievement rate obtainment unit for comparing the intra-day body weight change value obtained by the change obtainment unit with an intra-day target weight loss value and obtaining, based on a result of the comparison, a target achievement rate indicating a percentage of total days in a predetermined period in which the intra-day body weight change value has reached the intra-day target weight loss value; and a target obtainment unit for obtaining, based on the target achievement rate obtained by the achievement rate obtainment unit, a new intra-day target weight loss value to serve as a target for future body weight measurement. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209485 | SENSOR HEAD, ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR USING ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR - There is provided a sensor head which includes a mounting surface having insulation property. A first electrode and a second electrode are arranged on the mounting surface in a spaced-apart manner from each other. A liquid retaining material is arranged on the mounting surface in a state where the liquid retaining material covers the first electrode and the second electrode integrally. The liquid retaining material is impregnated with a standard liquid which is used as a reference in the electrochemical measurement. | 07-31-2014 |
20140200857 | BODY MOVEMENT AMOUNT MEASURING APPARATUS - An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199651 | ORAL CARE APPARATUS APPLIED TO THE REMOVAL OF DENTAL PLAQUE - An oral care apparatus includes: a care member; an orientation detection unit; an area estimation unit; a light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength to which plaque reacts; a photoelectric conversion unit that receives light and converts the received light into an electric signal; an image capture unit that causes the light source to irradiate the care area with light, and that obtains image data, based on the electric signal of light reflected from the care area that is converted by the photoelectric conversion unit; a plaque detection unit for detecting an amount of plaque in the care area, based on the image data obtained by the image capture unit; and a storage unit for storing, in a memory, the care area estimated by the area estimation unit and the amount of plaque in the care area detected by the plaque detection unit in association with each other. | 07-17-2014 |
20140150189 | CASE FOR POWERED TOOTHBRUSH AND SYSTEM - A case for a powered toothbrush comprises a housing having an interior for receiving a powered toothbrush, and a cover, wherein the cover substantially obfuscates the interior but is sufficiently light-transmissive to communicate the presence of an indicator from within the interior. Also provided is a powered toothbrush and case system. | 06-05-2014 |
20140142466 | PHYSICAL MOTION DETECTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PHYSICAL MOTION DETECTING DEVICE - Whether one of a user's feet has touched the ground is detected on the basis of detection values from an acceleration sensor. In a single walking cycle, a period in which the user is standing on a first (the second) foot from a time when a detecting member detects that the first (second) foot has touched the ground to a time when the detecting member detects that a second (first) foot has touched the ground is defined as a first (second) stance period. A representative value for the detection values for each of the first and the second stance period is calculated on the basis of the detection values detected by the acceleration sensor. Whether or not a walking is an ascending (descending) walking is determined on the basis of a comparison result between the calculated representative values for the first and the second stance period. | 05-22-2014 |
20140129252 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A biological information measurement system measures a plurality of types of biological information of a specific patient, selects recording biological information that is to be kept as a record of each type of biological information from the plurality of types of measured biological information based on a predetermined selection standard, and records the selected recording biological information so that the recording biological information can be confirmed later. As a result, highly-reliable biological information can be recorded efficiently and with certainty. | 05-08-2014 |
20140123414 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH CAPABLE OF RECEIVING USER OPERATIONS - An electric toothbrush includes a body portion, a portion of which is gripped by a user, and a brush part that is exchangeably attached to the body portion. The body portion includes a switch that is a contact-type sensor unit arranged on a portion that excludes the gripped portion, and that receives operations from the outside, and a control unit for controlling operations of the electric toothbrush in accordance with an operation received by the contact-type sensor unit. If a first operation is received by the contact-type sensor unit, the control unit outputs an indication that operations can be received for a certain time period, and if a second operation received by the contact-type sensor unit in the certain time period is an operation that corresponds to a predetermined operation pattern, the control unit controls operations of the electric toothbrush in accordance with the second operation. | 05-08-2014 |
20140088386 | CARDIOVASCULAR RISK EVALUATION APPARATUS - A cardiovascular risk evaluation apparatus includes a hypoxic acquisition unit for acquiring a measurement result that includes a blood oxygen saturation level measured in a hypoxic period in which the blood oxygen saturation level of a subject is lower than a threshold value, and a blood pressure measured when the blood oxygen saturation level was measured; a non-hypoxic acquisition unit for acquiring a measurement result that includes a blood oxygen saturation level measured in a non-hypoxic period of the blood oxygen saturation level of the subject, and a blood pressure measured when the blood oxygen saturation level was measured; and an indicator acquisition unit for acquiring a cardiovascular risk evaluation indicator for the subject based on the relationship between blood oxygen saturation level and blood pressure, which is based on the measurement results acquired by the hypoxic acquisition unit and the non-hypoxic acquisition unit. | 03-27-2014 |
20140081101 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A blood pressure measurement apparatus for measuring blood pressure in a predetermined period includes a blood pressure measuring unit for measuring the blood pressure of a subject, an information acquiring unit for acquiring information that is related to variation in blood pressure and changes in a time-series in the predetermined period, a determining unit for determining whether or not the information acquired by the information acquiring unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a trigger output unit for, in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, causing the blood pressure measuring unit to start and execute blood pressure measurement. The predetermined condition is expressed as a function of time that varies and is measured in the predetermined period. | 03-20-2014 |
20140018658 | PAD TRAY - A pad tray includes a base portion and a recessed region that is formed in the front side of the base portion and is for accommodating an electrode pad, the recessed region having a bottom region and a sidewall region that extends up from the bottom region and is provided so as to surround the electrode pad. | 01-16-2014 |
20140005575 | ACTIVITY METER | 01-02-2014 |
20130331715 | FLOW RATE CONTROL VALVE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A flow rate control valve includes a casing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port through which a fluid, the flow rate of which should be controlled, flows in and out, a diaphragm that partitions a space inside the casing into a flow space in which the fluid flows and a working space in which a working medium is present, and a valve body provided on a portion of the diaphragm that opposes the inlet port. The diaphragm is displaced in accordance with a change in the internal pressure of the working space, and the valve body is accordingly moved. This results in a change in the distance between the valve body and the inlet port, and thus the flow rate of the fluid flowing into the flow space through the inlet port is adjusted. Therefore, the flow rate of the fluid flowing out through the outlet port is variably controlled. | 12-12-2013 |
20130328695 | ACTIVITY METER - An activity meter includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an amount of physical activity of a user, an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age representing a standard age of a person who does a same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information and a basal metabolic rate of the user, and an output processing unit that outputs information relating to the acquired activity age. | 12-12-2013 |
20130325358 | ACTIVITY METER - A pedometer includes an activity amount acquisition unit that acquires an activity amount of a user, an index acquisition unit that acquires an index relating to the activity amount, and an index output unit that outputs the acquired index. The index acquisition unit includes an activity age acquisition unit that acquires an activity age represented by a standard age of a person who does the same amount of activity as the activity amount acquired in a unit period, using body information of the user, and acquires an index enabling the active age to reach a target activity age, based on the acquired activity amount. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324889 | SLEEP EVALUATION DEVICE AND SLEEP EVALUATION METHOD - With an evaluation device, a sleep level of a person being measured is discriminated based on a signal input from a body motion sensor. With the evaluation device, when a go-to-bed button is operated at time T | 12-05-2013 |
20130317386 | BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF PREDICTING BODY WEIGHT VARIATION - A body weight management device includes a measurement unit that measures a body impedance of a measurement subject, an impedance change detection unit that detects a temporal change in the measured body impedance, a variation amount computation unit that computes a body impedance variation amount in a unit period, and a determination unit that makes determination about a trend for subsequent changes in the measurement subject's body weight, using the body impedance variation in the unit period, and an output unit that outputs a result of the determination. | 11-28-2013 |
20130311104 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A blood pressure meter, a thermometer, and a pulse oximeter are connected to the control apparatus, and the control apparatus includes an input unit configured to wirelessly input information identifying a measurement time and unique information along with the measurement value from the measurement devices, a processing unit configured to store the inputted measurement value and unique information in a memory, and an authentication unit configured to authenticate the measurement device that inputted the measurement value as being the same as a measurement device that inputted a stored measurement value by comparing the unique information with unique information stored along with a measurement value measured prior to the inputted measurement value. Here, the processing unit is configured to store the inputted measurement value in the ease where the authentication succeeds. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310712 | SLEEP EVALUATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR SLEEP EVALUATION DEVICE - A measurement device is provided with a sensor for detecting body motion of a subject and a CPU for executing processing for generating display data. The CPU includes a first discrimination unit for discriminating a sleeping state of the subject for each unit period, based on a sensor signal output from the sensor, a second discrimination unit for discriminating a level of the sleeping state of a predetermined period consisting of a predetermined number of continuous unit periods, based on the sleeping state for each unit period, a decision unit for deciding a display mode for each predetermined period, according to the level of the sleeping state of the predetermined period, and a generation unit for generating display data for displaying the level of the sleeping state of the subject in the predetermined period on a display device with a graph along the time axis. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310662 | SLEEP EVALUATION DEVICE AND SLEEP EVALUATION METHOD - After a sleep level is measured, a display field that displays current time, a display field that displays sleeping state duration, a display field that displays an image indicating the occurrence of snoring, a display field for distinguishing and displaying a sleeping state and a waking state in a sleeping duration, a display field that displays an image indicating the occurrence of the waking state during the sleeping duration, and a display field that indicates the duration (waking state duration) in which the waking state occurs during the sleeping duration are displayed on a display device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130301060 | TRUNK AREA DIMENSION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - The trunk area dimension measurement device includes a light reflection portion to be placed at a position of a navel of the measurement subject, a contact portion to be placed on a side surface of the measurement subject's trunk area, a support column having a contact detection unit that detects the contact with the contact portion and that extends in the vertical direction, a measurement bar that is supported pivotably about a first support point vertically with respect to the support column and that extends above the measurement subject's trunk area, an optical sensor that is held by the measurement bar positioned above the measurement subject's trunk area and that is held pivotably about a second support point so as to hang down in a gravity direction, and an angle sensor that is provided at either one of the first support point and the second support point. | 11-14-2013 |
20130252211 | BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A body weight management device includes a body weight obtainment unit that obtains measurement data in which a body weight measurement value and a measurement day/time are associated with each other, an increase/decrease amount calculation unit that calculates a target intra-day variation amount by which the body weight varies during sleep, a target obtainment unit that calculates a target value when measuring a pre-sleep body weight value at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps relative to a post-waking body weight value that is measured at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, an advice obtainment unit that obtains advice information regarding meals to achieve the target value, based on a result of comparing a pre-meal body weight value measured at a third timing prior to a meal with a threshold value, and an output processing unit that outputs the obtained advice information. | 09-26-2013 |
20130243034 | TEMPERATURE SENSING PORTION CAP AND ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER - A temperature sensing portion cap includes a tubular or substantially tubular body portion that is located toward an opening portion of a main body housing, and a bottomed accommodating portion that is in communication with the body portion and accommodates the temperature sensing portion. A temperature sensing portion supporting region is provided inside the accommodating portion, by an indented region that is indented toward the body portion being provided on a tip portion side of an outer surface of the accommodating portion. | 09-19-2013 |
20130237865 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE TO BE USED ON WRIST OF PATIENT - A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff, a display, a distance sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a CPU. The display displays a positional relationship between the patient's heart and the device, which includes a flat screen. The distance sensor measures a distance between the device and the patient, and detects a subject to be measured on a line perpendicular to the flat screen of the display and measures the distance. The acceleration sensor measures an angle of inclination of the device when mounted on the patient's wrist. The CPU calculates a positional relationship between the patient's heart and the device based on the distance between the device and the subject to be measured, the angle of inclination of the device mounted on the patient's wrist, the length of the patient's forearm and upper arm, and a vertical distance between the patient's shoulder and heart. | 09-12-2013 |
20130215248 | SAFE NURSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAFE NURSING SYSTEM - A safe nursing system that monitors movement of a patient on a bed includes a control unit and an image capturing unit disposed in a position from which an image including a side of a top surface of the bed can be captured. The control unit obtains image data captured by the image capturing unit; specifies feature points in an image of the patient in the obtained image data, and calculates a value of a predetermined index of the feature points used to determine a predetermined movement in the patient; sets a predetermined condition to determine the predetermined movement based on a region of the bed in the obtained image data; determines the predetermined movement based on the calculated value and the set predetermined condition; and outputs information indicating that the patient has performed the predetermined movement under the condition that the predetermined movement has been determined to have been performed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130211268 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A CPU acquires factor information for a degree of arteriosclerosis, stores a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms, generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information, decomposes a pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform, and calculates an index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform. | 08-15-2013 |
20130198980 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - The invention provides an electric toothbrush capable of changing a resonant frequency and vibration amplitude of an eccentric shaft. An electric toothbrush of the present invention includes a motor, an eccentric shaft with one end fixed to a rotation shaft of the motor, and a stemserving as a vibration transmitting component having a bearing for supporting the other end of the eccentric shaft for transmitting vibration generated in accordance with rotation of the eccentric shaft to a brush portion. In the electric toothbrush, the eccentric shaft is formed so that a gravity center position is movable at least in one direction among a direction in which a distance to a shaft center is changed and an axial direction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130190588 | BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A body fat measurement device includes a back area electrode group support unit including back area electrodes arranged to contact a back area of a measurement subject, a trunk area dimension measurement unit that detects the width and depth of a trunk area of the measurement subject, a position detection unit that detects a relative positional relationship between the back area electrode group support unit and the trunk area dimension measurement unit, an electrode selection unit that selects specific electrodes, placed in contact with the back area at an area that corresponds to the location of the navel of the measurement subject, from a plurality of electrodes included in a trunk area electrode group, based on the position information detected by the position detection unit, and a body impedance measurement unit that measures a body impedance of the measurement subject using the selected back area electrodes. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188666 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an electronic thermometer that is inexpensive, has fast thermal response, and suppresses bending and directional misalignment of the lead of the temperature sensor during assembly of the electronic thermometer. The electronic thermometer includes: a temperature sensor that includes a temperature sensing unit that measures the body temperature of a measurement subject and a lead having one end that is fixed to the temperature sensing unit; a hollow housing that houses the lead, and in which the temperature sensing unit is arranged on the tip side; a printed circuit board to which the other end of the lead is fixed; and an assembly that includes the printed circuit board and is housed in the housing. The assembly includes an extension portion extending toward the tip side of the housing. The extension portion has a guide portion that orients the extending direction of the lead. | 07-25-2013 |
20130184596 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEX WITH THE DEVICE - A CPU of a blood pressure information measurement device calculates blood pressure from a change in internal pressure of an air bladder used to measure the blood pressure. AI (augmentation index) and Tr (traveling time to reflected wave) are calculated from a pulse wave waveform. A path difference calculation unit of the CPU stores a correction equation to correct a pulse wave propagation distance that is stored in advance, and, by substituting the calculated blood pressure value, AI and the like into the correction equation, corrects the pulse wave propagation distance stored in advance and approximates the pulse wave propagation distance stored in advance to an actual pulse wave propagation distance. A PWV (pulse wave velocity) calculation unit calculates the PWV using the corrected distance. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182092 | SAFE NURSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAFE NURSING SYSTEM - A safe nursing system includes a control unit and monitors movement of a patient on a bed. The control unit sets, for each patient, a correspondence relationship between a plurality of types of predetermined movements and a plurality of alert levels based on conditions; calculates a value of a predetermined index used to determine a predetermined movement of the patient; sets a predetermined condition to determine the predetermined movement; determines the predetermined movement based on the calculated value and the set predetermined condition; and outputs information indicating that the patient has performed the predetermined movement at the alert level indicated by the correspondence relationship set for the patient in accordance with the predetermined movement, under the condition that the predetermined movement has been determined to have been performed. It is possible to give a notification to a caregiver based on the condition of each patient. | 07-18-2013 |
20130178752 | VALVE, FLUID CONTROL DEVICE - In a fluid control device, a check valve includes a first valve housing and a first diaphragm. The first diaphragm defines a first valve chamber and a second valve chamber. An exhaust valve includes a second valve housing and a second diaphragm. The second diaphragm defines a third valve chamber and a fourth valve chamber. The check valve is opened and closed by a difference in pressure between the first valve chamber and the second valve chamber. The exhaust valve is opened and closed by a difference in pressure between the third valve chamber and the fourth valve chamber. | 07-11-2013 |
20130148692 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic thermometer that is inexpensive, has fast thermal response, and suppresses bending and directional misalignment of the lead of the temperature sensor during assembly. The electronic thermometer includes: a thermistor that includes a temperature sensing unit that measures the body temperature of a measurement subject and a lead having one end that is fixed to the temperature sensing unit; a hollow housing that houses the lead, and in which the temperature sensing unit is arranged on the tip side; a printed circuit board to which the other end of the lead is fixed; an assembly that includes the printed circuit board and is housed in the housing; and a plate-shaped member that is attached to the assembly and is arranged on the tip side of the housing relative to the assembly. The plate-shaped member has adhesive characteristics on a top face that opposes the lead. | 06-13-2013 |
20130137942 | BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A body fat measurement device includes a trunk area dimension measurement unit in which is provided a trunk area dimension detection unit for detecting a dimension of a measurement subject's trunk area. The trunk area dimension measurement unit has a frame shape that can be disposed surrounding the measurement subject's trunk area, and includes a base portion whose position relative to the trunk area does not change in a state where the trunk area dimension measurement unit is disposed surrounding the trunk area, and a mobile portion that is attached in a movable state to the base portion and whose position relative to the trunk area can change in a state where the trunk area dimension measurement unit is disposed surrounding the trunk area. The trunk area dimension detection unit includes at least a non-contact range sensor provided in the mobile portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130123959 | EXERCISE DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR EXERCISE DETECTION APPARATUS - An exercise detection apparatus determines body movements based on data detected by a detection unit, judges movement states for each body movement based on data detected by the detection unit, corrects the movement states based on a predetermined rule, calculates an exercise state of a user based on a result of the judgment, and stores the calculated exercise state in a storage unit. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an exercise detection apparatus capable of reducing erroneous judgments of the exercise states of the user. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123669 | GAIT CHANGE DETERMINATION DEVICE - A gait change determination device includes a main body unit, an accelerometer that detects an acceleration of the main body unit, and a control unit, and determines a change in the gait of a user that wears the main body unit on a predetermined area. The control unit specifies a trajectory of a predetermined area on which the main body unit is worn during walking based on accelerations detected by the accelerometer, calculates the temporal change amount of the specified trajectory, and determines the degree of change, which is the degree of the temporal change, based on the calculated temporal change. The degree of change in the gait can be more accurately determined. | 05-16-2013 |
20130060153 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A blood pressure information measurement device cuff includes a wide blood pressure value measurement air bladder wrapped around a fitting area when in a fitted state, and a narrow pulse wave measurement air bladder disposed so as to be closer to the fitting area than the blood pressure value measurement air bladder when in the fitted state, and covered by the blood pressure value measurement air bladder when wrapped around the fitting area. The pulse wave measurement air bladder includes an anchored portion anchored to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder so as to be immobile relative to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder and a mobile portion that is not anchored to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder so as to be mobile relative to the blood pressure value measurement air bladder along a wrapping direction in which the cuff is wrapped around the measurement area. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058819 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE - A fluid control device includes a vibrating plate including a first main surface and a second main surface, a driver that is provided on the first main surface of the vibrating plate and vibrates the vibrating plate, and a plate that is provided on the second main surface of the vibrating plate and has a hole provided thereon. At least one of either the vibrating plate or the plate is positioned between the hole and a region of the vibrating plate facing the hole, and includes a projection projecting in a direction intermediate between the hole and the region of the vibrating plate facing the hole. | 03-07-2013 |
20130037020 | NEBULIZER KIT AND NEBULIZER - A nebulizer kit includes a case body, a flow channel formation member that covers an opening of the case body, an outside air introduction tube erected vertically from a base surface of the flow channel formation member and including a long groove formed in an inner circumferential surface thereof, a compressed air introduction tube below the outside air introduction tube within the case body and extending toward the interior of the outside air introduction tube, and an atomizing area formation member. The atomizing area formation member includes a liquid suction tube formation portion, a baffle, and a baffle support portion that connects the liquid suction tube formation portion and the baffle and that extends toward a side area of the baffle from an outer surface of the liquid suction tube formation portion. The baffle support portion is contained within the long groove of the outside air introduction tube. | 02-14-2013 |
20130030311 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device compresses a measurement site by a cuff being wrapped around the measurement site. A first fluid bag is provided inside an outer package of the cuff. An indicating member is provided in the cuff so as to contact the outer package and the first fluid bag. The properties of the indicating member change in a visible manner in accordance with a magnitude of a force with which the indicating member is pressed by the outer package and the first fluid bag. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030310 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A cuff of a blood pressure measurement device compresses a measurement site by being wrapped therearound. A control unit evaluates the wrapping strength of the cuff, by comparing a detection amount detected based on the output of a sensor with a history of the detection amount stored in the storage unit. | 01-31-2013 |
20130023778 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff, inflation/deflation unit, pressure detection unit, volume detection unit, and control unit. The control unit determines values of an arterial volume signal detected by the volume detection unit, changes a prescribed control target value from the determined value at a time of diastolic blood pressure to a vicinity of the value at the time of systolic blood pressure during a rise time, changes the prescribed control target value from the determined value at the time of systolic blood pressure to a vicinity of the value at the time of diastolic pressure during a fall time, and adjusts the pressure of the cuff by controlling the inflation/deflation unit such that the volume indicated by the arterial volume signal detected by the volume detection unit matches the prescribed control target value. Thus, by applying a control target value, blood pressure can be measured. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023777 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE BASED ON ARTERIAL VOLUME CHANGE - Every pulse wave, a constant volume control unit performs servo control while updating a servo gain such that a difference between an arterial volume shown by an arterial volume signal that is detected by an arterial volume detection circuit and a control target value of the servo control is less than a control deviation at which a rate of change of the arterial volume relative to a change in cuff pressure is deemed to be constant. Because the control deviation is the difference between the arterial volume shown by the arterial volume signal and the control target value, a blood pressure decision unit decides, as a blood pressure, the cuff pressure sequentially detected in a period during which servo control is performed, by correcting the cuff pressure using the control deviation and the rate of change deemed to be constant. | 01-24-2013 |
20130023747 | BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A body fat measurement device includes hand electrodes that contact both hands, back area electrodes that contact the surface of a trunk area of the back, foot electrodes that contact both feet, a trunk area width detection unit for measuring the width and depth of the trunk area, a body impedance measurement unit that measures the body impedance of a body using the multiple electrodes and a body fat mass calculation unit that calculates a body fat mass based on the body impedance and the width and depth of the trunk area. The back area electrodes that make contact with the surface of the back of the trunk area are provided in a fitting unit in an exposed state, as well as the trunk area width detection unit. Accordingly, a body fat measurement device can measure a body fat mass easily and accurately in a household or the like. | 01-24-2013 |
20130006086 | BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A body fat measurement device includes multiple electrodes, a trunk area width detection unit for measuring a trunk area width and a trunk area depth, a body impedance measurement unit that measures a body impedance of a body using the multiple electrodes, and a body fat mass calculation unit that calculates a body fat mass based on the measured body impedance and the trunk area width and trunk area depth. A frame-shaped fitting unit in which the trunk area width detection unit is provided and that is capable of being disposed so as to surround a measurement subject's trunk area can be mounted on and removed from a platform unit in which foot electrodes are provided, and is stored within the platform unit during a stored state. | 01-03-2013 |
20120330169 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - In a blood pressure information measurement device cuff, a first flexion point and a second flexion point at which a curvature radius changes are provided in a curler, and a straight line-shaped connection portion is provided between the first flexion point and the second flexion point so as to be located inside a curve formed by extending a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are located at the ends of the curler at the first flexion point and the second flexion point, according to the respective curvatures. Through this, it is possible to provide a blood pressure information measurement device cuff, and a blood pressure information measurement device provided with such a cuff, that can reduce error in a blood pressure measurement by reducing errors in changes in the volume of a fluid bladder. | 12-27-2012 |
20120323129 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A blood pressure information measurement device cuff includes a fluid bladder, an outer cover, a first loop-shaped ring, and a second loop-shaped ring. The first loop-shaped ring is provided closer to one end portion of the outer cover than the position where the fluid bladder is located, and has an insertion hole for passing through and bending back another end portion of the outer cover. The second loop-shaped ring is provided on a front surface of the outer cover, and has an insertion hole for passing through the other end portion of the outer cover that has been passed through the first loop-shaped ring. According to the blood pressure information measurement device cuff, it is possible to repeatedly recreate the same fitted state with ease when the cuff is fitted to a measurement area. | 12-20-2012 |
20120316449 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CUFF AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A cuff includes a fluid bladder, an outer cover that contains the fluid bladder toward one end portion, a surface fastener, and another surface fastener. The outer cover includes, in an area of the outer cover that includes a region in which the other surface fastener is provided, a first wide portion in which the width of the outer cover is greater than a width of an area of the outer cover that includes a region in which the surface fastener is provided. The other surface fastener includes a second wide portion in which the width of the other surface fastener is greater than the width of the surface fastener. The cuff can be fitted to a measurement area with certainty. | 12-13-2012 |
20120310068 | BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A body fat measurement device includes: hand electrodes that make contact with both hands; back area electrodes that makes contact with the surface of the back area side of the trunk area; foot electrodes that make contact with both feet; a body impedance measurement unit that measures a body impedance in a body using these multiple electrodes; and a body fat mass calculation unit that calculates a body fat mass based on the body impedance measured by the body impedance measurement unit. The foot electrodes that make contact with both feet are provided on a platform unit in an exposed state, and the hand electrodes that make contact with both hands and the back area electrodes that make contact with the surface of the back area side of the trunk area are all provided on a fitting unit in an exposed state. | 12-06-2012 |
20120302901 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure information measurement device includes a main body, including an inflation pump and an exhaust valve, and a cuff, including an air bladder for pulse wave measurement and an air bladder for blood pressure value measurement. The air bladder for pulse wave measurement and the air bladder for blood pressure value measurement are wrapped around a proximal side and a distal side of the upper arm, respectively. A first piping portion connects the air bladder for blood pressure value measurement to the inflation pump and the exhaust valve. A second piping portion branching from the first piping portion connects the air bladder for pulse wave measurement to the first piping portion. The second piping portion includes a 2-port valve that switches between connecting and disconnecting the air bladder for pulse wave measurement and the first piping portion, and a pressure sensor for measuring a pulse wave. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302843 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM - A health management support system includes: a unit that receives two or more types of physical information measured by a user along with measurement time data; an analyzing unit for analyzing the relationship between the received two or more types of physical information in accordance with a predetermined rule; an advice generating unit that generates advice based on a result of the analysis; and an advice output unit that outputs the generated advice. The analyzing unit has a knowledge file that stores the predetermined rule, and an engine unit for executing the analysis. The advice generating unit generates the advice for notifying the user of a goal achievement level by analyzing the two or more types of physical information measured in a first predetermined period. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302840 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - When an operation for causing a healthcare device to transfer a measurement value is performed on a communication apparatus, the communication apparatus issues a transmission request to the healthcare device. The healthcare device is capable of measuring and storing biological information on a plurality of subjects, and in response to the request, associates untransmitted measurement values for all of the subjects with memory IDs of storage regions corresponding to the respective subjects and storing the measurement values and a serial number of the healthcare device and collectively transmits the measurement values, the data on which is transferred to a server. In the server, a storage region is specified for each measurement value based on the memory ID and the serial number associated with the measurement value, and the measurement value is stored in the specified region. | 11-29-2012 |
20120296231 | BODY IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A body impedance measurement apparatus having high aesthetic qualities can be realized without increasing the manufacturing costs thereof by providing a membrane-type electrode formed integrally with the surface of a resinous first housing through insert molding. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296223 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement device pressurizes two cuffs in a state in which the cuffs are attached to the distal side and the proximal side of the measurement device, respectively, calculates an AI value or the like based on a pulse wave detected from a change in cuff pressure on the distal side while pressurizing the two cuffs, and determines that avascularization on the distal side has been completed if the AI value or the like has converged. Once it is determined that avascularization has been completed, the cuff pressure on the distal side is fixed, and a pulse wave is detected from a change in cuff pressure on the proximal side in a state in which the distal side is avascularized. | 11-22-2012 |
20120291544 | ACTIVITY METER, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An activity meter includes an accelerometer for detecting movement of a body and a control unit connected to the accelerometer. The control unit determines segments corresponding to single cycles of body movement based on a detection output from the accelerometer, and based on a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in the detection output from the accelerometer that correspond to the determined segments of the single cycles, specifies a type of activity performed in a predetermined period that includes the segments. | 11-22-2012 |
20120279739 | FIXED STRUCTURE OF AN ECCENTRIC ROD, AND VIBRATION GENERATOR - An electric toothbrush as a vibration generator is provided with a case, a motor, an eccentric rod, a stem, and an oral hygiene member. The eccentric rod has an eccentric weight portion and a rod portion connected to a drive shaft of the motor. The angle between the first central axis of the eccentric weight portion and an extension line, defined by extending the second central axis of the rod portion towards the eccentric weight portion, is greater than 0 degrees and equal to or less than approximately 10 degrees in a state in which one end of the eccentric rod is not inserted into a shaft receiving portion. In this way, a fixed structure of an eccentric rod and a vibration generator are obtained which reduce noise generated by vibration when run at high as well as at low rotation speeds. | 11-08-2012 |
20120279533 | THIN PLATE MEMBER WASHING APPARATUS - In a thin plate member washing apparatus, when a rotary arm member supporting a mesh member holding portion is rotated using a rotary handle, tap water flows over the surface of a mesh member, and medicinal fluid residue deposited on the mesh member is removed. | 11-08-2012 |
20120274554 | BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE - A body movement detection device is provided with a main body unit, a display unit provided to the main body unit, a control unit, and a detection unit that detects acceleration of the main body unit, and the control unit includes a discriminating unit for discriminating a movement state of a user wearing the main body unit based on the acceleration detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit for switching a display state of the display unit based on discrimination of the movement state by the discriminating unit. Display can thereby be automatically switched to display appropriate to the state of physical activity. | 11-01-2012 |
20120266921 | THIN PLATE MEMBER WASHING APPARATUS - A thin plate member washing apparatus includes a washing vessel including a lid member and an elongated cylindrical vessel having at one end an opening that is closed by the lid member and in which tap water is contained, and a thin plate member fixing member that is housed in the washing vessel and holds a mesh member whose surface is washed with the tap water by moving within the washing vessel. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266872 | NEBULIZER KIT AND NEBULIZER - The present nebulizer kit has a case body having a wall surface with a linear portion. The wall surface can serve as a barrier to change positively toward an aerosol discharge port a stream of aerosol flowing out from an external air introduction path in a direction away from the aerosol discharge port. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266397 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - An electric toothbrush includes bristles, a bristle driving unit, an orientation detection sensor, and an electrode-based contact detection unit for detecting contact with a body. The contact detection unit includes a first detection unit for detecting contact with or proximity to a rear surface side of a brush portion. The electric toothbrush detects orientation information based on an output from the orientation detection sensor, and estimates a brushing area based on at least the orientation information. In the area estimation, in the case where the brushing area determined based on the orientation information is a dentition surface on a right buccal side or a left lingual side or a dentition surface on a left buccal side or a right lingual side, it is determined whether the brushing area corresponds to the buccal side or the lingual side based on an electric signal obtained from the first detection unit. | 10-25-2012 |
20120265480 | BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE - A body movement detection device is provided with a main body, a display unit, and a control unit, the control unit including an ascent/descent method detection unit that detects whether a user who is wearing or carrying the main body is ascending/descending using a lift device, a counting unit that counts the number of times that the user ascends/descends using the lift device and the number of times that the user ascends/descends without using the lift device, based on the detection result of the ascent/descent method detection unit, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display each of the values counted by the counting unit. The method by which the user ascends/descends can thereby be clearly displayed. | 10-18-2012 |
20120253210 | Cuff of Sphygmomanometer - A cuff of a sphygmomanometer includes a fluid bladder connected to a main body of the sphygmomanometer via a tube and a band-shaped wrapping body that encloses the fluid bladder. The band-shaped wrapping body includes two longitudinal sides and two lateral sides. A weight section is provided along a longitudinal side of the band-shaped wrapping body that faces a peripheral end of a user's arm when the cuff is mounted to the arm in accordance with an expected method of use. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253208 | Sphygmomanometer Having Function of Calculating Risk Degree of Circulatory System Disease - An electronic sphygmomanometer having a function to calculate an index value of risk of circulatory system disease from measured blood pressure information includes a CPU, a memory, and a display. The CPU calculates the blood pressure of a person being examined based on pressure changes of an air bladder as measured by a pressure sensor. The memory stores data of the measured blood pressure together with time information of the measurement. The CPU calculates an index value of risk of circulatory system disease of the person being examined based on a difference between a blood pressure value obtained from a measurement and a blood pressure value obtained from a previous measurement and an elapsed time between the measurement and the previous measurement, A display part displays the calculated index value of risk of circulatory system disease of the person being examined together with the measured blood pressure. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251975 | ORAL CARE APPARATUS - An oral care apparatus is an apparatus for performing care on an oral cavity using a care member, and includes an accelerometer, a driving unit for vibrating the care member, and a vibration frequency detection unit for detecting a vibration frequency of the care member. The vibration frequency detection unit detects the vibration frequency based on the waveform of a signal outputted by the accelerometer. | 10-04-2012 |
20120247518 | THIN PLATE MEMBER WASHING APPARATUS - In a thin plate member washing apparatus, tap water showering down from water flow holes of a water flow plate makes contact with outer rotary blades and inner rotary blades provided in a rotary supporting member, thereby rotating the rotary supporting member. Moreover, the tap water falling on a mesh member held by a mesh member holding portion flows over a front surface and a back surface of the mesh member based on a centrifugal force due to rotation of the mesh member and removes medicinal fluid residue deposited on the mesh member. The medicinal fluid residue removed from the mesh member is directly carried by the tap water and discharged to the outside of the thin plate member washing apparatus through a fluid outlet opening. | 10-04-2012 |
20120240377 | Method of Producing Cuff of Sphygmomanometer Having Automatic Cuff Winding Mechanism - In a method of producing a cuff of a sphygmomanometer having an automatic cuff winding mechanism, the cuff includes a band-shaped fluid bladder forming a cavity for inserting a user's arm therein, a shape maintenance member wound on the band-shaped fluid bladder, a band-shaped bag wound on the shape maintenance member, and a cylindrical elastic plate housed in the band-shaped bag. The method includes winding the band-shaped fluid bladder on an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical jig having approximately the same outer diameter as the cavity of the band-shaped fluid bladder, winding the shape maintenance member on an outer circumferential surface of the band-shaped fluid bladder, winding the band-shaped bag on an outer circumferential surface of the shape maintenance member, removing the cylindrical jig from the band-shaped fluid bladder, and housing the cylindrical elastic plate inside the band-shaped bag. | 09-27-2012 |
20120232412 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A sphygmomanometer, in a deflation process after inflation to prescribed pressure adjusts a drive voltage of an exhaust valve such that a deflation speed of a fluid bag achieves a prescribed deflation speed during an adjustment period, which is a prescribed period after starting deflation. When the adjustment period ends or when the deflation speed of the fluid bag achieves the prescribed speed, control is subsequently performed to fix the drive voltage of the exhaust valve and deflate the fluid bag while holding a gap of the exhaust valve constant. | 09-13-2012 |
20120226172 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor are disposed on a front surface side that serves as a first main surface of an internal circuit board, following a horizontal direction (the X direction) that is orthogonal to the direction in which the internal circuit board is sloped. As a result, the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are disposed having the same height position. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, as a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226171 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, the thickness of the second connection tube is set to be lower than the thickness of the first connection tube, and therefore, even if error has occurred in the structural dimensions of the pressure sensor air tube, the error can be absorbed as a result of the second connection tube extending/contracting. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, in a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226170 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A first oscillation circuit and a second oscillation circuit are connected to a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, respectively, and oscillate based on the capacity values of the corresponding pressure sensors. The first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit operate in response to instruction from a CPU. The one of the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit that has received an activation signal from the CPU outputs a signal having a frequency that corresponds to the capacity value of the corresponding pressure sensor. An adjustment circuit is connected to the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit, and allows one of the frequency signals to pass therethrough, outputting the signal to the CPU. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226169 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, a protruding member is provided in an outside surface of a first air port connection head, and when a first air port is pushed into the first air port connection head, the protruding member passes over a first shielding plate while elastically deforming and reaches a position on the inner side of the first shielding plate. As a result, the first air port connection head is prevented from pulling out from the first air port, and a sense of the protruding member locking in upon returning to its original form is imparted on a worker. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, as a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
20120220884 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A sphygmomanometer has an automatic inflation mode and a manual inflation mode as modes for inflating a cuff. During control in the automatic inflation mode, the sphygmomanometer can determine whether the mode should be switched to the manual inflation mode. Upon switching to the manual inflation mode, when inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode, a mark indicating that inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode is displayed in a display region in a display screen. | 08-30-2012 |
20120215119 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff, a tank that stores a prescribed amount of fluid, a pressure adjusting unit that adjusts pressurization of the cuff or the tank by supplying or discharging the fluid, a pressure detector that detects a pressure in the cuff or a pressure in the tank based on pressure information output from a pressure sensor, a blood pressure calculating unit that calculates a blood pressure value based on a change in the pressure in the cuff detected by the pressure detector, an abnormality detector, and a first channel through to the pressure adjusting unit and the pressure detector and that has one of the tank and the cuff selectively connected thereto. The abnormality detector detects whether the pressure sensor is abnormal in a state where the tank is connected to the first channel and the fluid is supplied to the tank. | 08-23-2012 |
20120203119 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff that can be worn at a measurement site, a pressure adjustment unit that adjusts the pressure applied inside the cuff; a pressure detection unit that includes multiple pressure sensors and that detects the cuff pressure inside the cuff based on pressure information output from the pressure sensors, a blood pressure calculation unit that calculates a blood pressure based on change in the cuff pressure detected by the pressure detection unit during blood pressure measurement, a keeping unit that keeps the cuff pressure at a predetermined pressure using the pressure adjustment unit during blood pressure measurement, and a sensor abnormality detection unit that, in a state in which the keeping unit keeps the cuff pressure at the predetermined pressure, detects whether an abnormality has occurred in the pressure sensors based on the pressure information output from the pressure sensors. | 08-09-2012 |
20120172734 | BLOOD PRESSURE MANOMETER AND A METHOD OF CALCULATING INDICES OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS USING THE BLOOD PRESSURE MANOMETER - A blood pressure measurement device accurately calculates an index useful in determining the degree of arteriosclerosis by accurately detecting a difference in time of appearance of a ejection wave and reflected wave in a blood pressure waveform. The device sets a threshold value based on an index that expresses a characteristic of the blood pressure waveform with respect to the point of appearance of the reflected wave in the blood pressure and estimates a rise point of the reflected wave by calculating an x-coordinate value of a point based on a maximum amplitude of the reflected wave and the threshold value. The device obtains the index of degree of arteriosclerosis by calculating a time difference in appearance between the ejection wave and the reflected wave based on the estimated rise point of the reflected wave. | 07-05-2012 |
20120165687 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A blood pressure measurement device includes a sensor that detects a change of an internal pressure of an air bladder during the inflation and/or deflation of the air bladder. The sensor further includes a first sensor and a second sensor, which each have a diaphragm connected to the air bladder. A face of each of the diaphragms of the first sensor and the second sensor is flexibly displaced in accordance with the change of the internal pressure of the air bladder. The face of the diaphragm of the second sensor is arranged in a different position and/or direction from the face of the diaphragm of the first sensor. A central processing unit of the device includes a failure judgment unit that determines whether there was any failure with the sensor based on difference between the internal pressures detected by the first sensor and the second sensor. | 06-28-2012 |
20120143095 | BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD - A body movement detection device that computes a unit-differentiated body movement amount appropriately in tune with a user's life rhythm and a body movement detection method are provided to enhance a user's level of satisfaction. A pedometer provided with an acceleration detection unit that acquires an acceleration that changes with the body movement of a living body, a calculation unit that computes the number of steps based on an acceleration signal and a display unit that displays the computed number of steps includes a storage unit that stores a change condition in which a demarcation of 1 day is set as the unit for aggregating the number of steps. The change condition is constituted by a condition that is determined based on the acceleration signal and a time signal, and the calculation unit computes the number of steps by day. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143069 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER THAT CAN CONFIRM AIR LEAKAGE - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, a CPU inlets air into a closed space, including an air bladder in an arm band, an air tube, and another air tube up to a predetermined pressure using a pump, maintains the closed space in a closed state for a certain time, and monitors a decrease in pressure within the maintained time using a pressure sensor. A determination that the air leakage is generated in the closed space including the air bladder and the air tubes is made when the pressure is decreased lower than an allowable amount or more. Similarly, the inspection is also performed to a closed space including the other air tube. The CPU determines whether the air leakage is generated and determines whether an air leakage point exists in the space including the air bladder and the air tube or the space including the other air tube. | 06-07-2012 |
20120136262 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND A METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BY USING AN ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff containing an air bladder, an air charger, an air discharger, a pressure sensor, a memory; a display, and CPU for executing programs stored in the memory and calculating a blood pressure value based on the pressure changes within the air bladder. The CPU further includes an estimation processing part for calculating an estimated blood pressure value based on the pressure change within the air bladder during the inflation of the air bladder at a first rate, a measurement processing part for measuring a blood pressure value based on the pressure change within the air bladder during the deflation of the air bladder at a second rate, and a determination processing part for comparing the estimated blood pressure value with the reference blood pressure value and determining whether the estimated blood pressure value is within a predetermined range from the reference blood pressure value. | 05-31-2012 |
20120130259 | BLOOD PRESSURE METER - In a blood pressure monitor, when a main unit is mounted on a mounting surface such as a desk, a bulging region of a first tube and a bulging region of a second tube, both located at a rear surface of the main unit, come into contact with the mounting surface. This can avoid the main unit from sliding even when the main unit is pulled by the first and second tubes. Consequently, a blood pressure monitor has a configuration in which the main unit is less likely to slide over the mounting surface even when the main unit is pulled by tubes connected to the main unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120123281 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In a sphygmomanometer, an elbow detection mechanism that detects the placement of a measurement subject's elbow is provided in a portion of a cuff unit above a rotation axis. Because the elbow detection mechanism is provided in the portion of the cuff unit above the rotation axis on the biological member (upper arm) exit side, the distance L between the elbow detection mechanism and the biological member (upper arm) exit of the cuff unit can be kept constant even when the cuff unit rotates. This enables providing a sphygmomanometer that has a mechanism for changing the inclination angle of the cuff unit relative to a base and includes a mechanism for achieving a constant distance between the elbow detection mechanism and the entrance of the cuff unit regardless of the inclination angle of the cuff unit. | 05-17-2012 |
20120116719 | BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE - Information representing an activity intensity computed from a measured step count is transmitted from a first pedometer to a second pedometer as step count-related information. In the second pedometer, walking compatibility is determined based on the difference between the activity intensity in the first pedometer and the activity intensity in the second pedometer, and the determination result is displayed on both pedometers. | 05-10-2012 |
20120101771 | WALKING POSTURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS - In a pedometer serving as a walking posture determination apparatus, horizontal-axis acceleration data is synchronized with and superimposed on vertical-axis acceleration data so as to extract vertical-axis acceleration in a right foot walking period and vertical-axis acceleration in a left foot walking period. Then, the difference YR−YL between the maximum amplitude YR of right foot acceleration and the maximum amplitude YL of left foot acceleration, or the ratio YR/YL therebetween is calculated as an index value to be used in a stride length determination. The pedometer then references pre-stored associations between index values and stride length levels, and determines the stride length level associated with the calculated index value to be the stride length level of the measurement subject. | 04-26-2012 |
20120095353 | PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A pulse wave analysis device stores a pulse waveform for multiple beats, and calculates a pulse wave analysis index by analyzing the pulse waveform for multiple beats. In the calculation of the pulse wave analysis index, pulse waveform shapes of each beat that constitute the pulse waveform for multiple beats are integrated, and beats for which a degree of approximation between the integrated pulse waveform shape and the pulse waveform shape of the beat is low are excluded as targets of calculation of the pulse wave analysis index. | 04-19-2012 |
20120071768 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure information measurement device includes light emitting elements and light receiving elements as a plurality of pairs of first and second sensors in a cuff. While the cuff pressure is increased, combinations of the plurality of pairs of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements are switched, and volume pulse waves are obtained from each of the combinations. After increasing the cuff pressure, for each of the volume pulse waves corresponding to the combinations, a specific volume value at a point where the amount of volume change becomes maximal is extracted. Thereafter, based on values corresponding to the maximum and minimum blood pressure and the specific volume value, the sensors for measurement are determined. | 03-22-2012 |
20120036657 | ELECTRICAL TOOTHBRUSH - An electrical toothbrush includes an electrical toothbrush main body including a drive source of a brush; an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation of the electrical toothbrush main body; and a controller configured to switch an operation mode of the electrical toothbrush according to a result of comparing an orientation value, which is a value calculated from an output of the orientation sensor, and a threshold value set in advance. A threshold value used for switching determination from an operation mode to an operation mode, and a threshold value used for switching determination from the operation mode to the operation mode are set to different values. | 02-16-2012 |
20120016596 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A measurement result management system suited for storing biological information measured with a measuring equipment in a server is provided. The measurement result management system includes a measuring equipment for measuring and transmitting biological information, and a server for receiving the biological information from the measuring equipment and storing the same, wherein the measuring equipment performs a step of transmitting authentication related information related to authentication of the measuring equipment when transmitting the biological information with a communication unit, and the server performs a step of carrying out authentication based on the authentication related information, and steps of storing the biological information acquired through a communication unit in a storage unit regardless of whether the authentication result of the step of carrying out authentication based on authentication related information is positive or negative. | 01-19-2012 |
20120004570 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND BODY COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - To accurately acquire body composition information using data acquired by another device. Thus, there is provided a body composition monitor with scale including a communication unit for allowing input of biological component information (cross-sectional area, site length, subcutaneous fat percentage, visceral fat percentage, etc.) of a living body measured with another device such as an MRI, where step of calculating the body composition of the living body based on the biological component information, an impedance detected by an impedance detection unit, and a weight measured by a load detection unit is executed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004560 | CUFF FOR BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A cuff for a sphygmomanometer includes an air bladder for compressing a living body, an exterior cover including the air bladder, and a fixing unit arranged in the exterior cover. A portion closer to an end of the exterior cover is inserted between a roller arranged in the fixing unit and a stopper, and is fixed by being pushed against the roller by the stopper. The roller is rotatable only in a direction of reducing the size of the annular portion of the exterior cover. Accordingly, the cuff for the sphygmomanometer has a simple configuration, is inexpensively manufactured, and easily carries out and stably reproduces attachment with respect to the upper arm. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004558 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Average blood pressure data of a morning time zone of every week and average blood pressure data of a night time zone of every week calculated by an average calculation portion are stored in a memory by performing blood pressure measurement. An every-week processing portion alternately switches and displays the average blood pressure data of the morning time zone and the average blood pressure data of the night time zone read from the memory based on an instruction input through an operation unit on a display unit every three seconds, or the like. | 01-05-2012 |
20110319770 | FUNCTION ADDING MODULE - A function adding module includes a connection portion for connection to an existing blood pressure meter with an air tube and a connection portion for connection to a cuff with an air tube. The function adding module calculates a pressure value by detecting a change in internal pressure of the cuff using an embedded pressure sensor. The function adding module has a memory function and stores the calculated blood pressure value in a memory. | 12-29-2011 |
20110306888 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD - When a start timing of an individual measurement control arrives, the pressurization control is started and a maximum blood pressure (blood pressure characteristic value) is estimated based on blood pressure characteristics information obtained during the pressurization control. The presence or absence of blood pressure fluctuation is determined based on the maximum blood pressure estimated this time and the (estimated) maximum blood pressure up to the previous times. The actual measurement process of the blood pressure is executed when determined that the blood pressure fluctuation is present. The actual measurement process is canceled when determined that the blood pressure fluctuation is absent. | 12-15-2011 |
20110301916 | WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A weight management device enabling the user to check the daily target indicating to what extent the weight fluctuation in the current day is to be maintained, so that the user can carry out the management of the daily weight fluctuation according to the plan, and the satisfaction level of the user can be enhanced. | 12-08-2011 |
20110301476 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In a sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure according to a volume compensation method, an upper arm V | 12-08-2011 |
20110301475 | VOLTAGE-FREQUENCY CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A resistor element is arranged between an input terminal and a node. A switch element is arranged between the node and a ground voltage, and is conducted according to a voltage level of the node. A resistor element is arranged between the nodes. A resistor element is arranged between the node and one side of the input node of an NOR circuit. A capacitor is connected between the nodes. The input node of the NOR circuit is connected to the node through the resistor element and a ground voltage. The input node of an NOR circuit is connected to an output node of the NOR circuit and the ground voltage. The input node of the NOR circuit is connected to the node and the ground voltage. | 12-08-2011 |
20110295547 | BODY MOTION DETECTION DEVICE - The invention improves a degree of freedom of a usage mode and improves measurement accuracy. An exercise amount meter main body including an acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration, and a calculation unit for executing a body motion calculating process for calculating body motion of a living body based on acceleration data, further includes an attachment/detachment guide for allowing a belt type attachment body and a clip type attachment body to be attached or detached, wherein the calculation unit executes an attachment/detachment detection process for detecting attachment or detachment from the change in acceleration that appears in the acceleration data when attaching or detaching the belt type attachment body or the clip type attachment body to or from the attachment/detachment guide, and executes the body motion calculating process based on the detected attachment/detachment while switching to a mode complying with a state after the attachment/detachment. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295145 | BODY COMPOSITION MONITOR, MEASUREMENT RESULT OUTPUT METHOD, AND MEASUREMENT RESULT OUTPUT PROGRAM PRODUCT - A body composition monitor calculates a body composition value of a whole body and a body composition value by site of a user using a plurality of electrodes, and calculates a site ratio representing a ratio of the body composition value by site with respect to the body composition value of the whole body. A process of outputting ratio information (site ratio and/or evaluation index of site ratio) related to the calculated site ratio is then carried out. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295144 | HEALTH MANAGING DEVICE - In an abdominal fat measuring device that is a health managing device, vertical and horizontal widths of the abdomen of a subject are measured, and an ellipse defined by such widths is defined as an outer shape ellipse. The abdominal fat measuring device stores in advance an image representing the subcutaneous fat of the abdominal back side as an additional image in association with a proportion of the visceral fat mass and the subcutaneous fat mass. In the abdominal fat measuring device, the corresponding image is extracted from the stored additional images from the measured proportion of the visceral fat mass and the subcutaneous fat mass of the subject, added to the outer shape ellipse, and then a figure representing the measured fat free mass, visceral fat mass, and subcutaneous fat mass is drawn and displayed in the outer shape ellipse. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295130 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE INCLUDING CUFF TO BE WRAPPED AROUND MEASUREMENT SITE - A blood pressure measurement device includes a wrapping strength detecting portion for detecting a wrapping strength of a cuff with respect to a measurement site. The wrapping strength detecting portion detects the wrapping strength of the cuff prior to calculation of a blood pressure value by a blood pressure calculation unit. That is, the wrapping strength of the cuff is detected based on a relationship indicated by a volume change ΔV | 12-01-2011 |
20110290241 | NEBULIZERS AND FUNCTION UNITS ATTACHABLE TO NEBULIZER - A nebulizer includes a main body unit, an atomization unit, and a breath detection unit, which is a function unit for realizing an additional function of the nebulizer. The main body unit and the atomization unit are separable. The atomization unit includes a storage section for storing the medicinal solution, and an atomizing section for spraying the medicinal solution by atomizing the medicinal solution in the storage section. The main body unit includes a control circuit for performing control to operate the atomizing section. The breath detection unit is attachable between the main body unit and the atomization unit. | 12-01-2011 |
20110282224 | PULSE WAVE ANALYZER AND PULSE WAVE ANALYZING METHOD - In a pulse wave analyzer, a local maximum point of a fourth order differentiated wave of the pulse wave of one beat is acquired, and a maximum point of a reflection wave of the local maximum points of the fourth order differentiation existing in a zone of an original waveform is determined as a starting point of a reflection wave zone that is a first characteristic point. With 10% of the amplitude of the first characteristic as a threshold value, a time point at which the amplitude reaches the threshold value after the relevant point is determined as an ending point of the reflection wave zone that is a second characteristic point. The duration time of the reflection time of the time between the first characteristic point and the second characteristic point is calculated as an index useful in the diagnosis of heart disease. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282223 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - A diaphragm pump for achieving reduced pressure ripple of an exhausted gas is provided. The diaphragm pump is a pump for transporting a gas in accordance with change in volume of a pump chamber, and the diaphragm pump includes an exhaust valve permitting flow of the gas that flows out of the pump chamber and prohibiting a flow thereof in a reverse direction, an air chamber in which the gas that has flowed out of the pump chamber through the exhaust valve flows, an exhaust port through which the gas is exhausted to the outside of the diaphragm pump, and a through hole portion for restricting a flow rate of the gas that flows from the air chamber to the exhaust port. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282221 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A calibration device is connected to a sphygmomanometer with an air tube and a communication cable. When connection is detected, the calibration device closes a valve of the sphygmomanometer and its valve and applies pressure to the air tube to measure the pressure, and determines the air leakage of the sphygmomanometer based on the pressure change with an air leakage determination unit. The calibration device causes a pressure sensor of the sphygmomanometer to measure the inner pressure, receives the measurement result with the communication I/F, and determines the result of the equipment difference test of the sphygmomanometer based on a difference between the applied pressure and the inner pressure with an equipment difference determination unit. If determined that the equipment difference test is failure, a control signal is output to the sphygmomanometer to calibrate the output value of the pressure sensor in the calibration unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282220 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure information measurement device includes a servo control unit for performing a servo control of a pressure adjustment unit so that a value of an arterial volume signal matches a control target value and a fluctuation detection unit for detecting rapid fluctuation of the arterial volume signal at an initial stage during a period of the servo control. The fluctuation detection unit determines that the rapid fluctuation occurred when a control deviation representing a level of the arterial volume signal having the control target value as a reference becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined magnification of a reference deviation. The blood pressure information measurement device further includes an adjustment processing unit for adjusting a control amount of the pressure adjustment unit by the servo control unit so that an excessive response is not made when the rapid fluctuation is detected by the fluctuation detection unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20110275946 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device includes a rotation center axis at a position where a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at a “second angle (θ2)=35 degrees”, which is an angle greater than a first angle, is greater than a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at the “first angle (θ1)=20 degrees”. With such a configuration, the blood pressure value can be measured with high accuracy, and the blood pressure measurement device enables the subject to perform the measurement comfortably in a natural position during the measurement. | 11-10-2011 |
20110275918 | BODY FLUID COLLECTING DEVICE FOR EFFICIENTLY COLLECTING BODY FLUID AND BODY FLUID ANALYZER FOR ACCURATE ANALYSIS - In a body fluid analyzer, a body fluid extracting unit for holding medicine to promote discharge of body fluid and collecting body fluid is arranged at a lower surface of a body fluid collecting chip. A body fluid discharge promoting medicine storage unit is connected to a medicine injecting hole formed in the body fluid collecting chip. A test unit is arranged in the body fluid collecting chip, and the body fluid extracting unit and the test unit are connected by a body fluid feeding path. A discarding body fluid storage unit is connected to the exit of the body fluid feeding path. A medicine supplying mechanism including a pump is operatively connected. | 11-10-2011 |
20110257540 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a central processing unit (CPU) that calculates a blood pressure calculation parameter by executing a predetermined calculation using a constant set in advance with respect to a change in a pressure pulse wave amplitude indicating a volume change of an artery at the time of blood pressure measurement. The CPU separately acquires measurement state related information related to a state of a user and/or a state of the cuff at the time of blood pressure measurement. When the measurement state related information is acquired, the CPU corrects the blood pressure calculation parameter by correcting the constant based on the measurement state related information. | 10-20-2011 |
20110257539 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff to be attached to a blood pressure measurement site, a pump and a valve for adjusting a pressure to apply to the cuff, a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of the cuff, a central processing unit (CPU) for calculating a blood pressure value from the cuff pressure, a memory for recording the blood pressure value, and an operation unit for carrying out a blood pressure measurement. The CPU corrects the calculated blood pressure value based on separately acquired correction information and acquires attachment condition information of the cuff as the correction information. When the attachment condition information is acquired as the correction information, the CPU corrects a blood pressure calculation parameter based on the attachment condition information. | 10-20-2011 |
20110257538 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff to be attached to a blood pressure measurement site, a pump and a valve for adjusting pressure to be applied on the cuff, a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the cuff, a central processing unit (CPU) for calculating a blood pressure value from the cuff pressure, a memory for recording the blood pressure value, and an operation unit for carrying out a blood pressure measurement. A measurement condition input switch acquires information related to a condition at the time of current blood pressure measurement, and the memory stores the condition as measurement record information along with the blood pressure value. The CPU acquires past measurement record information close to the condition at the time of the blood pressure measurement from the memory and corrects a blood pressure measurement parameter based on the measurement record information. | 10-20-2011 |
20110251501 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff to be attached to a blood pressure measurement site, a pump and a valve for adjusting a pressure to be applied on the cuff, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the cuff, a central processing unit (CPU) for calculating a blood pressure value from the cuff pressure, a memory for recording the blood pressure value, and an operation unit for carrying out a blood pressure measurement. The CPU corrects the blood pressure value based on separately acquired correction information and acquires information on a quality of the measurement site as the correction information. When the information on the quality of the measurement site is acquired as the correction information, the CPU corrects the blood pressure calculation parameter based on the information on the quality of the measurement site. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251500 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff to be attached to a blood pressure measurement site, a pump and a valve for adjusting a pressure to apply on the cuff, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure of the cuff, a central processing unit (CPU) for calculating a blood pressure value from the cuff pressure, a memory for recording the blood pressure value, and an operation unit for performing a blood pressure measurement. Further, the CPU acquires information on an application voltage of the valve or the pump at a time of blood pressure measurement, and the information on the application voltage is stored in the memory. The CPU corrects the application voltage so that control of the valve or the pump is carried out based on the application voltage stored in the memory. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251499 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer has a causing unit that causes a constant volume change in a cuff and a causing processing unit for controlling a drive of the causing unit for a period for which a first pressure control (for example, depressurization control) is made so as to execute a process for giving a constant volume change to the cuff. Further, the electronic sphygmomanometer includes a measurement control unit that controls based on a cuff pressure signal measurement of a pulse wave amplitude and a pressure change property with respect to the volume change. The electronic sphygmomanometer includes a correction processing unit that corrects the measured pulse wave amplitude based on the measured pressure change property and a blood pressure calculating unit that calculates a blood pressure value based on the corrected pulse wave amplitude. | 10-13-2011 |
20110245696 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A power supply unit of an electronic sphygmomanometer includes a dry cell as a primary battery, a rechargeable battery as a secondary battery, and a power supply control circuit. A voltage detector detects a voltage (characteristic value) of the rechargeable battery, and a voltage detector detects the voltage of the dry cell. A switching control unit performs switching control of the dry cell and the rechargeable battery based on a detection result by the voltage detectors. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245695 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a pressure control unit configured to conduct pressurization control on a cuff (pressure control toward a specific direction) and acquire a cuff pressure signal at a time of the pressurization control to thereby measure a pressure pulse wave; a displacement decision unit configured to decide whether displacement has occurred between a position of the cuff and a virtual position of the heart based on an output from an angle sensor when the pressurization control is being conducted; and a return processing unit configured to, when it is decided that displacement has occurred, stop the pressurization control and conduct depressurization control on the cuff to thereby return an intra-cuff pressure to a specific pressure value that denotes a pressure value before the occurrence of the displacement. The pressure control unit resumes the pressurization control after processing by the return processing unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110245694 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A blood pressure measurement apparatus detects a downward flexure of an arm rest and informs a user of the downward flexure on a display unit. By providing a partially color changing display or a blinking display on the display unit, the user is informed that a measurement posture is not good. The blood pressure measurement apparatus has an elbow rest with an arrangement that can easily prompt the user to be in a good posture for measurement. | 10-06-2011 |
20110238326 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a biological information acquiring system and a biological information acquiring method capable of enhancing the calculation accuracy to more accurately calculate the exercise effect information, and capable of enhancing the satisfaction level of the user. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237963 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer determines whether a position of a measurement site falls within a proper range, and notifies whether the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range. When determination is made that a time in which the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range is not less than a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), measurement of a blood pressure is automatically started. When determination is made that a time in which the position of the measurement site is out of the proper range is not less than a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds), the measurement of the blood pressure is started. Further, whether the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range is notified while correlated with the measurement result. | 09-29-2011 |
20110231152 | NUMBER-OF-STEP DETECTION SYSTEM, NUMBER-OF-STEP DETECTING METHOD, AND ACTIVITY METER - An object of the present invention is to provide a number-of-step detection system, a number-of-step detecting method, and a pedometer capable of accurately detecting the number of steps in correspondence with the walking characteristics of an individual. Vibration data acquired with a vibration data acquiring unit of a pedometer is transmitted from the pedometer to a server with a communication unit, and number-of-step decision criterion data suited for measuring the number of steps is calculated with the calculation unit of the server based on the vibration data. The number-of-step decision criterion data calculated in the server is transmitted from the server to the pedometer, and the number-of-step decision criterion data stored in the pedometer is updated to the number-of-step decision criterion data calculated by the server to accurately count the number of steps in correspondence with the walking characteristics of the individual. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230774 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING INFORMATION REGARDING BLOOD PRESSURE - With a measurement device attached to the upper arm as a master, a measurement device, which is a slave, attached to the ankle is controlled to measure a pulse wave in synchronization. The measurement device on the master side obtains a measurement result from the measurement device on the slave side, and detects the appearance time difference of the pulse wave waveforms by synchronizing the pulse waves measured in both measurement devices, thereby calculating a Pulse Wave Velocity as the index of arterial sclerosis. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230729 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING AT APPROPRIATE TIMING - A blood pressure measurement device includes a finger cuff for measuring a blood oxygen saturation level of a subject as physiological information excluding a blood pressure, a pulse wave detecting portion, and an oxygen saturation level calculating portion, where a start of blood pressure measurement in a sphygmomanometer is determined by a comparing and determining portion when a value becomes greater than or equal to a reference value. After the end of the measurement, a time limit for limiting the start of the blood pressure measurement is set. The comparing and determining portion determines not to start the blood pressure measurement within the time limit even if the blood oxygen saturation level becomes greater than or equal to the reference value. | 09-22-2011 |
20110226035 | WEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE - To correctly recognize the 0 kg state and to reduce the time required for weight measurement. A body composition meter including a load cell for measuring a weight includes step of performing a measurement of an output value of the load cell in an initial state on which a measuring target does not ride, a storage unit for storing a plurality of measured output values of the initial state, step for creating 0 kg reference value data when variation of the plurality of output values in the initial state is within a predetermined range, and step of measuring using the initial reference value when measuring the weight with the load cell. | 09-22-2011 |
20110224561 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer acquires a patient ID and recommended site information read from an ID card before measurement. The recommended site indicating the site to be attached to a cuff of a left site or a right site is thereby specified for every person to be measured (patient ID). Thereafter, the site to be attached to the cuff is guided by notifying the specified recommended site to the person to be measured. | 09-15-2011 |
20110224560 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER CUFF AND SPHYGMOMANOMETER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A sphygmomanometer cuff is provided with an upper arm support stand arranged to support an upper arm, and an arm band arranged to be wound around the upper arm. The upper arm support stand includes an upper arm support surface arranged to support the upper arm while the upper arm is placed thereon, a winding mechanism arranged to pull one end of the arm band in the winding direction so as to wind a portion of the arm band close to the one end, and a hook arranged to engage a portion of the arm band close to another end pulled out from the winding mechanism against a pulling force applied by the winding mechanism. The upper arm supported on the upper arm support stand is tightened by the upper arm support surface and the portion of the arm band pulled out from the winding mechanism in a state where the portion of the arm band close to the other end is engaged with the hook. With such a configuration, the sphygmomanometer cuff is capable of being easily attached to the upper arm serving as a measurement site having a difference in size as well as repeating reliable winding around the upper arm in every measurement. | 09-15-2011 |
20110224558 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING PULSE WAVE PROPAGATION SPEED AS BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION - In the measurement device, the blood pressure of the upper arm and the blood pressure of the lower limb are measured using cuffs attached to the upper arm and the lower limb (ankle), respectively. The pulse wave of the upper arm and the pulse wave of the lower limb are measured in synchronization using such cuffs. The upper arm-lower limb pulse wave propagation velocity (baPWV) is calculated based on the appearance time difference of the two pulse waves. The upper arm pulse wave propagation velocity (upper arm PWV) is calculated based on the appearance time difference of the ejection wave and the reflection wave in the upper arm pulse wave. If the values of such propagation velocities are different, a warning is issued. | 09-15-2011 |
20110218447 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A manual pressurization electronic sphygmomanometer includes a specific component detection unit for detecting a synthetic wave of a manual fluctuation wave and a pressure pulse wave as a specific component from a cuff pressure signal obtained during pressurization; a derivation processing unit for deriving a pressurization target value based on the detection result of the specific component detection unit; and a display unit for notifying to urge pressurization up to the pressurization target value. The derivation processing unit calculates a pulse wave component based on the waveform before and after the specific component and the waveform of the specific component, and determines a value obtained by adding a predetermined value to the systolic blood pressure value estimated based on the amplitude of the pulse wave component as the pressurization target value. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218446 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY - Blood pressure data read from a storage unit is displayed using a blood pressure level bar divided into rectangular segments, and a numerical value of data in a display unit. During the blood pressure measurement, the blood pressure level bar and the numerical value are displayed according to the rise and fall of the detected blood pressure in the display unit. A reference value for determining high blood pressure is displayed in association with the blood pressure level bar. The person to be measured can grasp the blood pressure section to which the measured blood pressure corresponds based on the reference value. The person to be measured can readily grasp the transition of the blood pressure value with the blood pressure level bar even if the size of the display region of the display unit is small. | 09-08-2011 |
20110213256 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a blood pressure measurement device, a force acts on one end side and the other end side of a cuff main body in a direction where an inner diameter of a tubular form is further reduced, so that a rotation shaft rotates in a clockwise direction thus simultaneously moving the one end side and the other end side of the cuff main body. As a result, the inner diameter of the tubular form of the cuff main body can be reduced, and the cuff main body can be easily and rapidly wrapped around the upper arm with only the pushing task using one hand. Thus, the blood pressure measurement device provides a simple device configuration that enables the cuff to be easily wrapped around the measurement target site even for those with crippled hands. | 09-01-2011 |
20110208070 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - During a period of servo control, an artery volume of a peripheral site is detected by an artery volume sensor arranged at a peripheral site (site on the peripheral side than a measurement site) of a person to be measured. If an amount of change in the artery volume of the peripheral site or a value of the artery volume is greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio of a reference value at the beginning of the measurement, the servo control and a blood pressure determination process are continued. When detected thereafter that the amount of change in the artery volume of the peripheral site or the value of the artery volume is smaller than the predetermined ratio of the reference value at the beginning of the measurement, the measurement is stopped at the relevant time point. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208069 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure information measurement device instantaneously changes cuff pressure in a specified pressure section in order to detect a control target value in artery volume constant control. An artery volume signal is detected in that period, and an inflection point of the detected artery volume signal is detected by performing differentiation processing or the like. The inflection point of the detected artery volume signal is fixed as the control target value. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208068 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND CHARGING UNIT FOR SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A sphygmomanometer includes an expandable/contractable air bag supplied with air; a bag-shaped cover body for accommodating the air bag and for attaching the air bag to a site to be measured; an expansion and contraction mechanism for expanding and contracting the air bag; and a power supply unit arranged in the bag-shaped cover body. The power supply unit includes a battery for supplying driving power to the expansion and contraction mechanism, and a non-contact power reception unit for receiving power for charging the battery. The non-contact power reception unit is supplied with power through an electromagnetic inductive action from a non-contact power transmission unit arranged in a non-contact state with the non-contact power reception unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110201902 | HEALTH CONDITION DETERMINING DEVICE - A health condition determining device accumulates data measured or input by an evaluation subject for each index of a plurality of items including a lifestyle index, which is an index related to body activity or lifestyle habit, and a biomarker, which is an index related to physiological state of the body. The health condition determining device then selects one or a plurality of biomarkers that lowers the evaluation of the health condition of the evaluation subject as a problematic index, extracts one or a plurality of lifestyle indices having the highest correlation with the problematic index as an improvable factor by comparing accumulated past data of the lifestyle index and the biomarker, and displays the improvable factor along with the evaluation of the health condition of the evaluation subject. | 08-18-2011 |
20110196264 | BODY MOTION BALANCE DETECTION DEVICE, BODY MOTION BALANCE DETECTION PROGRAM, BODY MOTION BALANCE DETECTION METHOD, AND BODY MOTION BALANCE DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A body motion measurement device capable of detecting a body motion balance without installing a pressure sensor is provided. The body motion measurement device includes an acceleration detection unit for detecting a change in acceleration by walking, a calculation unit for detecting a walking balance from the acceleration signal detected by the acceleration detection unit, and a display unit for performing an output based on the detected walking balance. The calculation unit for detecting the walking balance executes step and step of recognizing one step unit of walking from the acceleration signal and acquiring PPodd, PPeven, Todd, and Teven, which are the foot information, and steps of detecting the walking balance based on the foot information. | 08-11-2011 |
20110160599 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING INFORMATION REGARDING BLOOD PRESSURE - A measurement device includes an air bag on a peripheral side, an air bag on a central side, and an air bag positioned therebetween. During blood pressure measurement, the air bags integrally behave, and the blood pressure is measured from the change in inner pressure thereof. During pulse wave measurement, the inner pressure of the air bag on the peripheral side is maintained to higher than or equal to the systolic blood pressure, and the measurement site is avascularized. The inner pressure of the air bag on the central side is maintained to the pressure near the blood pressure value, and the pulse wave is measured from the change in inner pressure thereof. The inner pressure of the air bag positioned therebetween is opened to atmospheric pressure, and the vibration of the air bag on the central side is prevented from propagating to the air bag on the peripheral side. | 06-30-2011 |
20110160598 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD - A blood pressure measurement control method for controlling the measurement of a blood pressure according to an oscillometric method has the steps of determining whether to employ a depressurization measurement method or a pressurization measurement method to measure the blood pressure according to a person to be measured, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a depressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the depressurization measurement method, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a pressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the pressurization measurement method, and outputting the measured blood pressure value. | 06-30-2011 |
20110152700 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER FOR ENHANCING RELIABILITY OF MEASUREMENT VALUE - An electronic sphygmomanometer has a cuff to be attached to a measurement site, a pressurization/depressurization unit for adjusting a pressure to be applied to the cuff, a pressure detection unit including a plurality of pressure sensors, for detecting cuff pressures in the cuff based on pressure information output from the plurality of pressure sensors, and a blood pressure calculating unit for calculating a blood pressure based on a change in the cuff pressures detected by the pressure detection unit. Blood pressure measurement and detection of abnormality on the plurality of pressure sensors are carried out based on the cuff pressures respectively corresponding to the plurality of pressure sensors detected according to the pieces of pressure information output from the plurality of pressure sensors. | 06-23-2011 |
20110144918 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, STATISTICAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THEREON STATISTICAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - A biological information display device displays measurement results for a plurality of times, for example, as result information on first measurement results for a plurality of times (S | 06-16-2011 |
20110144507 | CUFF FOR BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A cuff includes a cuff main body portion and a gripping portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cuff main body portion. The cuff main body portion includes an air bladder, a tightening belt wrapped around an outer side of the air bladder, and a wrapping length adjustment mechanism for variably adjusting a wrapping length of the tightening belt. The wrapping length adjustment mechanism has a bias spring for pulling and biasing the tightening belt in a direction in which the wrapping length of the tightening belt is shortened, a first restriction portion for restricting extension of the wrapping length, and a second restriction portion for restricting shortening of the wrapping length. The gripping portion includes a push button for switching actions of the two restriction portions. In this configuration, the cuff may be easily attached to a measurement site regardless of the circumferential length of the site. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144506 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device is mounted with a radio-controlled clock function in a main body without lowering reception performance of the standard radio wave of the radio-controlled clock. A substrate including a sensor mounting surface and a sensor non-mounting surface is mounted with a pressure sensor. An antenna for receiving the standard radio wave including time information of the radio-controlled clock is mounted. The antenna includes a bar-shaped magnetic body core and a coil wound around the magnetic body core. A pump is arranged such that an axis line direction of the motor and an extending direction of the magnetic body core are substantially orthogonal. The substrate and the substrate are arranged so that the sensor non-mounting surface of the substrate and the antenna mounting surface of the sensor face each other. | 06-16-2011 |
20110137199 | VISCERAL FAT MEASURING DEVICE - A visceral fat measuring device capable of simply and safely measuring a visceral fat amount is provided. In the visceral fat measuring device for calculating the visceral fat amount based on trunk measurement information, impedance information of the entire trunk, and impedance information of a surface layer of the trunk obtained by measuring a potential difference in the body axis direction of the trunk on the dorsal side of the trunk, a belt has a hollow pressed member pressed onto the dorsal side of the trunk, the pressed member having a pressed surface provided with electrodes, a wiring member including a circuit substrate connected to the electrodes for measuring the potential difference is accommodated inside the pressed member, the pressed member has flexibility in the vertical direction to the body axis direction so as to be curved along a surface shape of the dorsal side of the trunk, and when the pressed member is curved, an opposite surface to the pressed surface is extended relatively to the pressed surface and deflected. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137198 | TRUNK WIDTH MEASURING UNIT AND VISCERAL FAT MEASURING DEVICE - To provide a trunk width measuring unit capable of improving reliability of measurement precision, and a visceral fat measuring device. The trunk width measuring unit is provided with a first contact portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a trunk of a user in a supine position, a second contact portion to be brought into contact with one of side surfaces of the trunk, a third contact portion to be brought into contact with the other side surface of the trunk, and a trunk width calculating unit for calculating vertical width and horizontal width of the trunk from height from an upper surface of a bed to a contact position of the first contact portion and a distance between the second contact portion and the third contact portion. | 06-09-2011 |
20110130676 | VISCERAL FAT MEASURING DEVICE - To provide a visceral fat measuring device capable of simply and noninvasively measuring a visceral fat amount. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130667 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM - A blood pressure information display device for calculating a blood pressure value based on a pulse wave amplitude through the oscillometric method and the like, and displaying the calculated blood pressure value as blood pressure information performs a process of changing a magnitude of a specified pulse wave amplitude of a plurality of extracted pulse wave amplitudes according to the operation by a user (medical staff) when a predetermined instruction is input. A predetermined algorithm is applied to the plurality of pulse wave amplitudes reflecting the change to calculate a reference blood pressure value, and the calculated reference blood pressure value is displayed as the blood pressure information. | 06-02-2011 |
20110125035 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a sphygmomanometer, a value representing a perimeter of a measuring portion is obtained. A parameter for controlling a drive voltage of a pump is determined based on the value. The drive voltage is determined based on the parameter and an internal pressure of a fluid bladder to pressurize the fluid bladder. In pressurizing process, a diastolic blood pressure value is calculated. A systolic blood pressure value is estimated, and when the internal pressure of the fluid bladder reaches the pressure, the pressurizing is stopped. A gap of a valve for discharging the fluid from the fluid bladder is determined based on a perimeter of a measuring portion, and the fluid bladder is depressurized with the gap constant. In the depressurizing process, the systolic blood pressure value is calculated. When the systolic blood pressure value is calculated, the fluid is discharged from the fluid bladder, and the measurement is terminated. | 05-26-2011 |
20110118623 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER - The invention provides an electronic thermometer in which a contact state with a human body can be confirmed by a simple, easy-to-assemble configuration. The electronic thermometer includes a hollow outer case that includes a probe unit with a temperature measuring unit, a temperature sensor, an inner case, a control circuit, and a pair of electrodes. The electrodes are positioned inside the probe unit by mounting the inner case on the outer case. A determination unit is also provided and the determination unit measures an electrostatic capacitance between the pair of electrodes and determines whether the probe unit is in proper contact with the measured region of the user based on a change of the measured electrostatic capacitance. | 05-19-2011 |
20110112430 | TRUNK WIDTH MEASURING UNIT AND VISCERAL FAT MEASURING DEVICE - A trunk width measuring unit including a first contact portion attached movably in the vertical direction relative to a unit main body, the first contact portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a trunk of a subject, second and third contact portions attached movably in the horizontal direction relative to the unit main body, a vertical width detection encoder for detecting a lowering distance of the first contact portion from an original position on the upper side of the trunk of the user to a contact point with the upper surface of the trunk, and a horizontal width detection encoder attached movably in the horizontal direction relative to the unit main body by the same distance as a moving distance of the second contact portion, the horizontal width detection encoder detecting a moving distance of the third contact portion relative to the second contact portion. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112412 | CUFF FOR BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A cuff for a blood pressure information measuring device configured to be mounted on a measurement site for measuring blood pressure information has a fluid bag for compressing the measurement site, a flexible curved elastic plate located outside the fluid bag while the fluid bag is wrapped around the measurement site, and annular or arc-shaped to extend along the measurement site, an inflation and deflation mechanism secured to the curved elastic plate and inflating and deflating the fluid bag, and a bag-shaped cover body encapsulating the fluid bag, the inflation and deflation mechanism, and the curved elastic plate. | 05-12-2011 |
20110106553 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE ADVISING DEVICE - A health management guideline advising device includes input means for inputting personal information of a measuring subject; measurement means for measuring weight and body impedance of the measuring subject; estimation means for estimating a body composition distribution of the measuring subject from the inputted personal information and the measurement result by the measurement means; storage means for storing the measurement result by the measurement means and an estimation result by the estimation means with a measurement date and time, prediction means for predicting future weight fluctuation from the stored weight and the body composition distribution; and display means for displaying the predicted future weight fluctuation. Furthermore, target setting means for setting a weight reduction target and determination means for determining whether or not the weight reduction target can be achieved based on the prediction result by the prediction means are preferably arranged. | 05-05-2011 |
20110077536 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A biological information management system according to the present invention includes a measurement device for measuring biological information of a user and a management device for managing the biological information, wherein the measurement device includes measurement state information generation means for generating measurement state information representing a state in which the biological information is measured when the biological information is measured; and output means for outputting the biological information and the measurement state information generated when the biological information is measured, and wherein the management device includes reception means for receiving the measurement state information and the biological information which are outputted by the output means; and evaluation means for evaluating a reliability of the biological information received by the reception means based on the measurement state information received by the reception means. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077534 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING INDEX FOR DETERMINING DEGREE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - A blood pressure information measurement device includes an air bladder wrapped around a central side of a measurement portion for pulse wave measurement and an air bladder wrapped at a peripheral side for blood pressure measurement. The air bladder for blood pressure measurement is increased to a pressure higher than a systolic blood pressure, and a blood pressure is measured. An internal pressure of the air bladder is maintained, a pulse wave is measured in avascularized state, and a feature point needed for calculating an index for determining an arteriosclerosis degree is extracted from the pulse wave. When the feature point is not extracted from the pulse wave, the internal pressure of the air bladder for blood pressure measurement is reduced to a pressure lower than the systolic blood pressure, a pulse wave in non-avascularized state is measured, and a feature point is extracted from the pulse wave. | 03-31-2011 |
20110056033 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - There is provided an electric toothbrush with which teeth can be brushed in a relaxed pose while imperfect brushing is suppressed. | 03-10-2011 |
20110047729 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - An electric toothbrush capable of greatly vibrating a brush with less vibration by a vibration source is provided. An electric toothbrush includes a cylindrical case; and a vibration body having one end located within case and the other end provided so as to protrude through an opening at the tip of the case to the outside of the case and vibrating a brush located in proximity to the other end. Vibration body is provided with a vibration source on the one end side and has an outer peripheral surface supported in the position close to the vibration source side with respect to the midpoint in the longitudinal direction of vibration body. | 03-03-2011 |
20110041269 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - An electric toothbrush includes an electric toothbrush main body that includes a grip portion; a brush member that includes a brush; a motor that moves the brush; an actuator that relatively rotates the brush member with respect to the electric toothbrush main body in order to change an orientation of the brush; an acceleration sensor that detects an attitude of the main body; and a CPU that controls the actuator such that a brush angle becomes a predetermined optimum value based on the detected attitude. | 02-24-2011 |
20110028853 | CHECK VALVE STRUCTURE, DIAPHRAGM PUMP, AND SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A check valve structure has a first space and a second space. The check valve structure is configured to allow a flow of a fluid from the first space to the second space and to inhibit flow of the fluid from the second space to the first space. The check valve structure has a partition wall arranged between the first space and the second space and provided with a communication hole providing communication between the first space and the second space, an elastic film body for covering the side of the second space of the communication hole so as to prevent a reverse flow of the fluid, an elastic member having a wall portion surrounding the communication hole for holding the elastic film body, and a nipping member for nipping the elastic member with the partition wall. | 02-03-2011 |
20110021927 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH BLOOD PRESSURE DERIVATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AND METHOD FOR DERIVING BLOOD PRESSURE - A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a derivation control unit that performs derivation control to derive a blood pressure of a measured person. The derivation control unit includes an envelope extracting unit to extract an envelope of a volume pulse wave based on an arterial volume signal, a differential processing unit to differentiate the envelope with respect to a cuff pressure, a maximum value extracting unit to extract a maximum value of a differential value of the envelope, and a blood pressure decision unit that decides the cuff pressure used for the differential of the maximum value as a blood pressure. | 01-27-2011 |
20110015531 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE GAUGE FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE BY USING VOLUME COMPENSATION METHOD - An electronic sphygmomanometer, which measures blood pressure in accordance with the volume compensation method, detects a cuff pressure inside a cuff attached to a measurement site of the blood pressure. An arterial volume detection circuit detects an arterial volume signal of the measurement site. A drive control unit, after setting the cuff pressure to an initial cuff pressure, servo-controls a cuff pressure adjustment unit so that a volume of an artery becomes constant, based on the detected arterial volume signal. While the servo control is being performed, an arterial volume change amount is detected based on the detected arterial volume signal. In the servo control, when it is detected that the change amount in the arterial volume is minimal, a volume change elimination rate calculating unit calculates a volume change elimination rate (an amplitude of the arterial volume signal during the control/an amplitude of the arterial volume signal before the control) to output the same as a barometer of arteriosclerosis. | 01-20-2011 |
20110010876 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - A three-axis acceleration sensor is mounted to a body of an electric toothbrush. A CPU detects the three-dimensional attitude of the body based on an output from the acceleration sensor and, based on the attitude of the toothbrush, estimates which portion is being brushed. Then, the CPU measures by using a timer a brushing time of the portion being brushed. Results of brushing for each portion are evaluated and outputted based on the measured brushing time. | 01-20-2011 |
20110009757 | BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A sphygmomanometer separately includes a cuff accommodating an air bladder and a main body provided with an expanding/contracting mechanism arranged to expand and contract the air bladder, and the cuff includes a tubular cuff main body portion into which an upper arm is insertable and a gripping portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cuff main body portion. The cuff main body portion has a tightening belt wrapped around the outer side of the air bladder and a tightening length adjustment mechanism arranged to variably adjust a tightening length of the tightening belt over the upper arm. The tightening length adjustment mechanism includes a winding roller arranged to wind and feed the tightening belt, a geared motor arranged to drive and rotate the winding roller, and an electromagnetic brake arranged to apply a braking force to the winding roller. With such a configuration, in the sphygmomanometer in which the cuff and the main body are separated from each other, the cuff can be easily attached to a measurement site, and reliable winding of the cuff around the measurement site can be repeated in every measurement. | 01-13-2011 |
20110005015 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - An electric toothbrush includes a driving source, a vibrating member having a brush, a transmission mechanism for converting output of the driving source into vibration of the vibrating member, and control means for controlling output of the driving source. The control means has a plurality of operation modes for allowing the brush to perform a predetermined operation. The plurality of control modes are switched at high speed to allow brushing using a transient state at a time of operation mode switching. It is suitable to switch at high speed between operation modes using two resonance points in which resonance occurs in different directions. Accordingly, the electric toothbrush is improved in plaque removing power and sense of medical treatment. | 01-13-2011 |
20110004440 | PEDOMETER - A pedometer of the invention includes an acceleration sensor, and the pedometer is able to switch between a measurement mode in which user's steps are counted based on a waveform obtained from the acceleration sensor and a learning mode in which a criterion used to determine one step in the measurement mode is learned. The pedometer is characterized by including criterion setting means for causing the user to perform learning walking in the learning mode and setting the criterion based on a reference number of steps indicating the number of steps in the learning walking and a reference waveform obtained from the acceleration sensor during the learning walking. | 01-06-2011 |
20100331709 | DETECTION UNIT FOR BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure information measurement device includes a cuff ( | 12-30-2010 |
20100331629 | BODY COMPOSITION MONITOR - A body composition monitor of the present invention includes means for measuring a body composition, means for storing a measured body composition value, and body composition comparison means for comparing the measured body composition value and a stored body composition value, in which the body composition monitor further includes means for inputting a body weight value, means for storing an inputted body weight, body weight comparison means for comparing the inputted body weight and stored body weight, body composition change determination means for determining a change degree of the body composition value with using a comparison result of the body composition comparison means and a comparison result of the body weight comparison means, and display means for displaying a determination result determined by the body composition change determination means. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328090 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER - An electronic thermometer includes a hollow probe provided at its longitudinal tip with a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature, electrodes neighboring to the temperature sensor and arranged in the hollow of the probe, and a determining unit for determining whether temperature measuring unit is in appropriate contact with a measurement target portion of a user or not, based on a change in electrostatic capacity sensed using the electrodes. | 12-30-2010 |
20100319687 | NEBULIZER AND INHALATION AID USED THEREFOR - A nebulizer includes a nebulizer body and a relay pipe. The nebulizer body includes a connection portion that has an aerosol lead-out port to lead out aerosol, and the relay pipe includes a connection portion that has an aerosol introduction port to introduce the aerosol. The nebulizer body and the relay pipe can take a first connection state in which the relay pipe is detachably connected to the nebulizer body and a second connection state in which the relay pipe is connected to the nebulizer body so as to be not able to be detached from the nebulizer body. In the first connection state, the aerosol introduction port and the aerosol lead-out port are communicated with each other. In the second connection state, the aerosol lead-out port is blocked by a blocking portion provided in the relay pipe. Therefore, the nebulizer in which reuse of the nebulizer body or relay pipe is simply prohibited after the usage can be provided by the configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
20100315258 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER - An electronic thermometer has a probe having a temperature measuring unit at its end, a temperature sensor arranged in the temperature measuring unit of the probe, a contact sensor arranged in a position shifter from the temperature measuring unit of the probe toward a thermometer body, a determining unit for determining whether a state of contact between the temperature measuring unit and a measurement target portion of a user is good or not, based on outputs of both the temperature sensor and the contact sensor, and a notifying unit for providing a notification according to a result of the determination by the determining unit. | 12-16-2010 |
20100286539 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PROCESS TAKING CHANGE OF MEASUREMENT ENVIRONMENT INTO CONSIDERATION - A blood pressure measurement device includes a measurement fluid bag, a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag, a blood pressure measurement unit for calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor, an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value, a storage unit for storing a measurement result, a recording processing unit for storing the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in the storage unit in association with each other and a notification unit for notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value and the environmental information. | 11-11-2010 |
20100268099 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER CUFF AND SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A sphygmomanometer cuff includes a fluid bag, a curved elastic member, a cushion material, and an outer package body. The fluid bag is arranged around an arm of a subject and compresses the arm. The curved elastic member is arranged to overlap an outer side of the fluid bag with respect to the arm, formed in a substantially tubular shape extending in a predetermined axial direction, and elastically deformable in a radial direction thereof. The cushion material is arranged at a position projecting from an end of the curved elastic member in the axial direction and more easily compression deformed than the curved elastic member. The outer package body accommodates the fluid bag, the curved elastic member, and the cushion material. | 10-21-2010 |
20100268098 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND MEASUREMENT ACCURACY CHECK SYSTEM OF SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A measurement accuracy check system of a sphygmomanometer includes a sphygmomanometer having a blood pressure measurement mode for measuring a blood pressure based on a change in internal pressure of a cuff attached to a blood pressure measurement site, and an accuracy check mode for checking measurement accuracy in the blood pressure measurement mode, and an accuracy check device communicably connected with the sphygmomanometer for determining the measurement accuracy of the sphygmomanometer in the accuracy check mode. The sphygmomanometer includes an air system piping communicating to the cuff in the blood pressure measurement mode and communicating to an air system of the accuracy check device in the accuracy check mode, a pressurization and depressurization unit for adjusting pressure to be applied to the air system piping, and a first pressure detection unit for detecting pressure in the air system piping. | 10-21-2010 |
20100268092 | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS DEGREE JUDGMENT DEVICE CAPABLE OF JUDGING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS DEGREE PRECISELY - A cuff of a pulse wave meter equipped with an arteriosclerosis degree judgment device has air bags for compressing a living body having a double structure along an artery including an avascularization air bag and a pulse-wave measuring air bag. Provided at outer circumferential sides of these air bags are a curler for integrally pressing these air bags against an upper arm, and an air bag for pressing the curler from the outer circumferential side. A member for suppressing vibrations is provided between a curler-compressing air bag and the pulse-wave measuring air bag, and suppresses propagation of vibrations from the curler-compressing air bag to the pulse-wave measuring air bag. The pulse wave meter measures a pulse wave based on changes in internal pressure in the pulse-wave measuring air bag while the avascularization air bag provides avascularization at the peripheral side. | 10-21-2010 |
20100249615 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be wound around a living body of a subject, a measuring unit for measuring blood pressure with said cuff wound around the living body of said subject, a detecting unit for detecting an inclination angle of said cuff, a specifying unit for specifying a current inclination level among a plurality of predetermined inclination levels upon measurement by said measuring unit, based on a result of detection by said detecting unit, a memory for storing therein the inclination level specified by said specifying unit, in association with blood pressure data measured by said measuring unit, and a notifying unit for providing notification of at least one past inclination level of the plurality of inclination levels stored in said memory and said current inclination level, in association with each other. | 09-30-2010 |
20100234712 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF BLOOD COMPONENT - A measurement computation device arranged in a measurement device detects a first component and a second component from perspiration in a first component detection unit and a second component detection unit, and the respective concentration in the perspiration is calculated in a concentration calculation unit. In a conversion computation unit, the concentration of the first component in the perspiration is corrected using the concentration of the second component, and then converted to the concentration of the first component in the blood. | 09-16-2010 |
20100234711 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF BLOOD COMPONENT - In a measurement computation device arranged in a measurement device, an elapse of a predetermined time is detected after acceleration of perspiration, and a concentration of a first component in the perspiration obtained thereafter is converted to concentration of the first component in blood. | 09-16-2010 |
20100234702 | DEVICE FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF COMPONENT IN BLOOD AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE DEVICE - A measurement device includes an electronic component device, a perspiration acceleration device, and a perspiration collection device. The perspiration acceleration device or the perspiration collection device is removably coupled to the electronic component device. The electronic component device is attached to a measurement site with a belt. A perspiration accelerating performance is made with respect to the measurement site with the perspiration acceleration device coupled to the electronic component device, and thereafter, the perspiration acceleration device is replaced with the perspiration collection device with the electronic component device attached to the measurement site, and the perspiration collection and measurement computation performance are made. | 09-16-2010 |
20100204552 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - An apparatus for monitoring biological information is provided. The apparatus includes a detection part configured to detect a signal indicative of the biological information of a subject and a judging part configured to judge the biological information to identify an attribute of the biological information. The apparatus further includes a storage part configured to store the attribute of the biological information together with a time that the attribute is stored and a producing part configured to produce a signal to display the attribute in a chart defined by a first axis representing a cyclic time series and a second axis representing a time series within a cycle of the cyclic time series. | 08-12-2010 |
20100198100 | BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT BODY ATTACHMENT UNIT AND BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A bioelectrical impedance measurement abdomen attachment unit ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100160118 | BREATHING EXERCISER AND BREATHING EXERCISE PROGRAM PRODUCT CAPABLE OF EASILY DISTINGUISHING BREATHING STATE - A breathing exerciser includes: a display unit for displaying information for guiding an exercise pattern of breathing to a user; and a state switch which is capable of detecting an operation by the user and which is for accepting an operation according to a breathing state. By this, the breathing exerciser distinguishes during an exercise period during which the exercise pattern is guided, whether it is an exhalation state or an inhalation state, based on a signal from the state switch. | 06-24-2010 |
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