Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080208024 | Method of measuring skin conductance, method of analyzing component concentration, skin conductance measuring apparatus, and component concentration analyzer - The present invention provides a method of measuring skin conductance which can obtain an accuracy measurement result, comprising the steps of: supplying a low conductivity medium as a medium for holding tissue fluid that contains a predetermined component of a subject to a medium containing part; disposing the medium containing part on an extraction region of a skin of the subject; extracting tissue fluid through the extraction region into the low conductivity medium within the medium containing part; supplying electric power between a first electrode for supplying electric power to the extraction region and a second electrode for supplying electric power to the skin outside the extraction region; and measuring the conductance of the extraction region based on the electric power supplied between the first electrode and second electrode. A method of analyzing a component concentration, a skin conductance measuring apparatus, and a component concentration analyzer are also disclosed. | 08-28-2008 |
20100160758 | IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An in vivo component measurement method comprises steps of: extracting a tissue fluid from a biological body into an extraction medium and accumulating an objective component and an inorganic ion in the extracted tissue fluid; acquiring ion information on a quantity of the accumulated inorganic ion; acquiring a component information on a quantity of the accumulated objective component; and acquiring an analysis value on the quantity of the objective component based on the ion information and the component information. | 06-24-2010 |
20100249563 | PUNCTURE DEVICE AND IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A puncture device which punctures a skin of a subject for extracting a tissue fluid from a puncture site of the subject. The puncture device included a timer; a notifying section which notifies a user that specific time measured by the time has passed; a puncture mechanism which punctuates the skin; and an interlock mechanism which caused the timer to start time measurement in conjunction with a punctuate action by the puncture mechanism. | 09-30-2010 |
20100249564 | PREDICTION METHOD OF CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION OF MEASUREMENT TARGET COMPONENTS IN BLOOD USING AREA UNDER BLOOD CONCENTRATION TIME CURVE, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The invention provides A method for predicting a concentration fluctuation of a measurement target component in the blood, comprising steps of: obtaining an initial value of the amount relating to the measurement target component in a subject; obtaining, as a first measurement value, a value of an area under the blood concentration time curve of the measurement target component during a first extraction period; obtaining, as a second measurement value, a value of an area under the blood concentration time curve of the measurement target component during a second extraction period; and predicting the concentration fluctuation of the measurement target component in the blood from the initial value, the first measurement value and the second measurement value, as well as a device for predicting a concentration fluctuation of a measurement target component in the blood. | 09-30-2010 |
20110040166 | EXTRACTING KIT, EXTRACTING DEVICE, AND EXTRACTING METHOD - An extracting kits for extracting analyte through the skin of a living body are disclosed that comprises an inserting device comprising needles for forming a plurality of extraction holes in the skin through the stratum corneum but not reaching the subcutaneous tissue and an extracting device for extracting the analyte into a liquid supplied into the extraction holes by supplying the liquid into the plurality of extraction holes. An extracting device and extracting method are also described. | 02-17-2011 |
20110066076 | INTERSTITIAL FLUID COLLECTION METHOD AND INTERSTITIAL FLUID COLLECTION KIT AND INTERSTITIAL FLUID COLLECTION SHEET USED FOR THE METHOD - A interstitial fluid collection kit for collecting interstitial fluid extracted via micropores formed in a skin is disclosed. The kit includes a marker sheet that has an adhesive face and that defines a region in which micropores are to be formed; a transparent retention sheet having an adhesive face; and a collecting body that is retained by a part of the adhesive face of the retention sheet and that collects interstitial fluid extracted from the skin. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070565 | POSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, POSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE ESTIMATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A postprandial blood glucose estimating apparatus for estimating a value related to a postprandial blood glucose of a subject, comprising: an input receiving part for receiving information relating to the amount of energy in a food; an estimating part for estimating a value related to a postprandial glucose level when the subject consums the food based on the information relating to the amount of energy in the food received by the input receiving part; and an outputting part for outputting a value related to the postprandial glucose level estimated by the estimating part, is disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110124998 | IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT METHOD, DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT, IN VIVO COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND COLLECTION MEMBER - An in vivo component measurement method allowing how long a high concentration state of a measurement target component continues in an organism to be grasped is provided. In this in vivo component measurement method, a value relating to an amount of a measurement target component in tissue fluid extracted for 60 minutes or more from an organism on which a treatment for enhancing extraction of tissue fluid has been made is acquired. | 05-26-2011 |
20110237919 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS - A diagnosis support method comprising: obtaining first blood glucose level information at a first time point and/or second blood glucose level information at a second time point which is later, by a predetermined period, than the first time point; placing a collection member, which is configured to collect a tissue fluid, on the skin of the subject for the predetermined period from the first time point to the second time point; obtaining glucose information about an amount of glucose contained in the tissue fluid collected by the collection member; and generating diagnosis support information for supporting a diagnosis of presence or absence of hypoglycemia in the subject, based on the first blood glucose level information and/or the second blood glucose level information and the glucose information. A diagnosis support system and a diagnosis support apparatus are also disclosed. | 09-29-2011 |
20130096842 | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE ANALYZER, GLUCOSE TOLERANCE ANALYZING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A glucose tolerance analyzer comprising: an accepting section configured to accept inputs of information regarding a type of food or drink ingested by a subject, information regarding an intake amount of the food or drink, and information regarding an amount of glucose in the subject after the ingestion of the food or drink; an output section configured to output an analysis result of glucose tolerance; and a controller configured to: calculate a reference value for analyzing glucose tolerance of the subject based on the accepted information regarding the type of the food or drink ingested by the subject and the information regarding the intake amount of the food or drink, and based on a predetermined index regarding blood glucose increase due to food or drink; analyze the glucose tolerance of the subject based on the accepted information regarding the amount of glucose and based on the calculated reference value; and control the output section to output an obtained analysis result as an analysis result of glucose tolerance. | 04-18-2013 |