Abstract:
A belt used in an electrocardiographic measurement apparatus includes a belt body to be wrapped around a living body, three or more base electrodes disposed in a longitudinal direction of the belt body, and two or more cap electrodes detachable and attachable to the base electrodes and smaller in number than the number of base electrodes.
Abstract:
A pulse transit time measurement device according to an aspect includes: a belt unit; a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes provided on the belt unit; a third electrode provided on the belt unit; a first electrocardiographic signal acquisition unit that acquires a first electrocardiographic signal of a user using the plurality of first electrodes; a second electrocardiographic signal acquisition unit that acquires a second electrocardiographic signal of the user with the second electrode and the third electrode; a feature amount parameter calculation unit that calculates a feature amount parameter related to a waveform feature point of the first electrocardiographic signal on the basis of a waveform feature point of the second electrocardiographic signal; a pulse wave signal acquisition unit that acquires a pulse wave signal representing a pulse wave of the user; and a pulse transit time calculation unit that detects a waveform feature point.
Abstract:
A pulse transit time measurement device includes a belt unit wound around a target measurement site of a user, an electrode group provided in the belt unit and including a four electrodes, a current source applying an alternating current between the first electrode and the second electrode, a potential difference signal detection unit detecting a potential difference signal between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, an electrocardiogram acquisition unit acquiring, based on the potential difference signal, an electrocardiogram corresponding to a waveform signal representative of an electrical activity of a heart of the user, a pulse wave signal acquisition unit acquiring, based on the potential difference signal, as a pulse wave signal, a waveform signal representative of an electrical impedance in the target measurement site of the user, and a pulse transit time calculation unit calculating a pulse transit time based on the electrocardiogram and the pulse wave signal.
Abstract:
A pulse wave measurement device including: a belt to be worn around a measurement target site; first and second pulse wave sensors that are mounted on the belt spaced from each other with respect to a width direction of the belt, and that detect pulse waves of opposing portions of an artery passing through the measurement target site; a pressing unit that is mounted on the belt is capable of changing pressing forces of the pulse wave sensors against the measurement target site; a waveform comparing unit that acquires pulse wave signals which are time-sequentially output by the pulse wave sensors respectively, and compares waveforms of the pulse wave signals; and a pulse wave sensor pressing force setting unit that variably sets the pressing forces by the pressing unit such that the waveforms of the pulse wave signals compared by the waveform comparing unit become identical to each other.
Abstract:
In the present invention, a pulse wave signal expressing a pulse is obtained by detecting a pulse of a measurement subject using a pulse wave sensor (S II). The pulse wave signal is stored in a storage unit. A frequency spectrum of the pulse wave signal is found by converting the time-domain pulse wave signal stored in the storage unit into the frequency domain (S 12). It is determined whether or not the measurement subject is at rest by finding a frequency range, within a predetermined total frequency range the pulse rate of a person can take on, in which an intensity of a frequency component of the frequency spectrum exceeds a first threshold, and finding whether or not a percentage of the total frequency range occupied by the frequency range is less than a second threshold (S13). A pulse rate from the point in time when the measurement subject has been determined to be at rest is found as the measurement subject's at-rest pulse rate (S14).
Abstract:
A pulse wave signal expressing a pulse is obtained by detecting a measurement subject's pulse a using a pulse wave sensor. The pulse wave signal is stored in a storage unit. A frequency spectrum of the pulse wave signal is found by converting the time-domain pulse wave signal into the frequency domain. Whether or not the measurement subject is at rest is determined by finding a frequency range, within a predetermined total frequency range the pulse rate of a person can take on, in which an intensity of a frequency component of the frequency spectrum exceeds a first threshold, and finding whether or not a percentage of the total frequency range occupied by the frequency range is less than a second threshold. A pulse rate from the point in time when the measurement subject has been determined to be at rest is found as the measurement subject's at-rest pulse rate.
Abstract:
A biological information measurement device adapted to be attached on an upper arm of a human body and used thereon includes a belt portion adapted to be wound around the upper arm, electrocardiographic measurement means including a plurality of electrodes for detecting an electrocardiographic signal of the human body, pulse wave measurement means including a pulse wave sensor for detecting a pulse wave of the human body, heartbeat vibration measurement means including a vibration sensor for detecting vibration caused by beating of a heart of the human body, and an analysis processing unit configured to calculate a pre-ejection time and a pulse transit time of the heart based on time series data of the electrocardiographic signal, time series data of the pulse wave, and time series data of the vibration caused by the beating of the heart.
Abstract:
A pulse wave measurement device includes: a belt to be attached around a measurement site; first and second pulse wave sensors which are mounted on the belt in a state of being spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the belt and detect pulse waves at portions of an artery passing through the measurement site, the portions individually facing the first and second pulse wave sensors; and a pressing member capable of pressing the first and second pulse wave sensors against the measurement site while varying a pressing force. First and second pulse wave signals which the first and second pulse wave sensors output respectively in a time series are acquired, and a cross-correlation coefficient between waveforms of the first and second pulse wave signals is calculated.
Abstract:
Highly accurate blood pressure estimation based on a circulatory organ-related feature amount can be performed. A blood pressure estimation device includes a blood pressure estimation unit configured to acquire a circulatory organ-related feature amount that is a feature amount related to a state of a circulatory organ and changes in accordance with pulsation of a heart and to calculate a blood pressure value from the circulatory organ-related feature amount, and a reference blood pressure measurement unit including a sound wave detection unit configured to detect Korotkoff sound generated in accordance with the pulsation, the reference blood pressure measurement unit being configured to measure a reference blood pressure value by using the Korotkoff sound. The blood pressure estimation unit includes a feature amount acquisition unit configured to acquire the circulatory organ-related feature amount.
Abstract:
An electrode-equipped band includes a first band section and a second band section extending along a longitudinal direction. The second band section includes a first stretchable section, an electrode, a second stretchable section, a ring member, a fold-back section, and a joining section. The first stretchable section has first stretchability along the longitudinal direction. The electrode is provided on a first surface of the first stretchable section. The second stretchable section overlaps with the first stretchable section on a side of a second surface of the first stretchable section, and has second stretchability that allows greater stretch along the longitudinal direction than the first stretchable section. The ring member is provided at a position corresponding to a band end along the longitudinal direction of the second band section, and may be connected to the first band section.