发明授权
- 专利标题: Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus
- 专利标题(中): 上肢和下肢血压指标测量装置
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申请号: US09560575申请日: 2000-04-27
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公开(公告)号: US06332869B1公开(公告)日: 2001-12-25
- 发明人: Toshihiko Ogura , Tomohiro Nunome
- 申请人: Toshihiko Ogura , Tomohiro Nunome
- 优先权: JP11-126861 19990507; JP11-153565 19990601
- 主分类号: A61B502
- IPC分类号: A61B502
摘要:
An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure (“BP”) index of a living subject, including an inferior-limb BP measuring device which includes a first inflatable cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and which measures an inferior-limb BP value of the subject based on a first pulse wave obtained while a first pressure of the first cuff is changed, a superior-limb BP measuring device which includes a second inflatable cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and which measures a superior-limb BP value of the subject based on a second pulse wave obtained while a second pressure of the second cuff is changed, a cuff-pressure changing device which changes the first and second pressures of the first and second cuffs, such that a time when the first pressure being changed becomes equal to an estimated inferior-limb BP value coincides with a time when the second pressure being changed becomes equal to an estimated superior-limb BP value, and an index determining device for determining the BP index of the subject, based on the inferior-limb and superior-limb BP values measured by the inferior-limb and superior-limb BP measuring devices while the first and second pressures of the first and second cuffs are changed by the cuff-pressure changing device.