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20090124913 | Blood Pressure Measuring Apparatus Enabling Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement - A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a plurality of mechanisms compressing a cuff, and the mechanisms are separately controlled. Therefore, a stable measurement attitude is maintained irrespective of a circumference or a shape of an upper arm. Compression degrees are separately controlled, whereby a pressure can evenly be applied to the cuff to improve a compression force acting on an artery. | 05-14-2009 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
20140316290 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE METER - A blood pressure meter includes an adjustment unit that adjusts a pressure in a cuff by controlling a piezoelectric pump that uses a piezoelectric vibrator to supply fluid to the cuff, a driving control unit that gradually changes a cuff pressure by performing driving control on the adjustment unit, a pressure detection unit that detects the cuff pressure, a blood pressure determination unit that determines a blood pressure value, a circumferential length detection unit that detects a circumferential length of the measurement area, a battery that supplies power to various units, and a decrease detection unit that detects a voltage decrease value for the battery during blood pressure measurement. Based on the circumferential length and the voltage decrease value detected in an initial inflation period when the blood pressure measurement is first started, a range of the voltage decrease value during blood pressure measurement carried out thereafter is estimated. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090312651 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE CALCULATING BLOOD PRESSURE VALUE - A blood pressure measurement bladder ( | 12-17-2009 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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20100138573 | SYSTEM INCLUDING TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - A system includes a transmitter, a receiver and a plurality of paths connecting the transmitter and the receiver, the transmitter being configured to transmit a command and data to the receiver, the transmitter including a plurality of transmitting units that transmit the command and the data, a dividing unit that divides data into a plurality of segments, and that enables each of the transmitting units to transmit each of the segments of the data, and a duplicating unit that duplicates the command, and that enables each of the transmitting units to transmit each of the duplicated commands, the receiver including a plurality of receiving units that receive the command and the data, a merging unit that merges the segments of data back into a data, and a controller that receives the duplicated commands from the transmitting units via the paths. | 06-03-2010 |
20130226880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEMORY DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A shared memory device transmits information indicating the validity of data to be stored to each information processing apparatus, and acquires information indicating the validity of data that each shared memory device stores. Further, the shared memory device acquires information indicating the on-line state between each information processing device and each shared memory device, and determines whether the multiplexing of the data that the shared memory device stores is guaranteed based on the acquired information. | 08-29-2013 |