Postpartum supporting apparatus

• US 20020087102A1
• Filed: 12/12/2001
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Kimura, Kentaro, Ono, Hirokazu, Honda, Yuka
• Granted Patent: US 6,679,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/587
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/44 for weighing persons
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3728 with wireless means

Abstract

Disclosed is a postpartum supporting apparatus, comprising a storage unit and an output unit. The storage unit stores reference data that is used to compare with postpartum measurement data representing an index of body condition after childbirth for determining whether the progress of restoration of the body condition after childbirth is good or not. The output unit outputs said reference data in order to compare with the postpartum measurement data representing the index of body condition after childbirth.

Claims

1. A postpartum supporting apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit; and

an output unit, whereby,

said storage unit stores reference data that is used to compare with postpartum measurement data representing an index of body condition after childbirth for determining whether the progress of restoration of the body condition after childbirth is good or not; and

said output unit outputs said reference data in order to compare with the postpartum measurement data representing the index of body condition after childbirth.

2. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to claim 1 in which the apparatus further comprises a measurement data input unit;

said data input unit inputs the postpartum measurement data representing the index of body condition after childbirth; and

said output unit further outputs such postpartum measurement data.

3. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 in which:

said reference data is formed for each of the factors affecting the restoration of the body condition;

said apparatus further comprises a factor data input unit and a selection unit;

said factor data input unit inputs the factor data for a user and said selection unit selects any one of the reference data based on the input factor data; and

said output unit outputs the selected reference data.

8. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 7 in which the measurement data input unit is at least either one of a measurement unit for measuring the index of the body condition and a user input unit for inputting by a user.

9. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 8 in which the factor data input unit is at least either one of a measurement unit for measuring the factor data and a user input unit for inputting by a user.

10. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9 in which said body condition is body weight condition or body fat condition.

11. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to claim 10 in which said factor affecting the body condition is at least either one of a body weight increase during pregnancy, a manner of lactation and an age of a user.

12. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11 in which the reference data is defined as the value representing good body condition at some points in time after childbirth.

4. A postpartum supporting apparatus, comprising:

a measurement data input unit;

a storage unit;

a comparator unit; and

an output unit, whereby,

said measurement data input unit inputs postpartum measurement data representing an index of body condition after childbirth;

said storage unit stores reference data that is used to compare with the measurement data for determining whether the progress of restoration of the body condition after childbirth is good or not;

said comparator unit compares the measurement data with the reference data; and

said output unit outputs the result of said comparison.

5. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to claim 4 in which said result of comparison is the difference between the measurement data and the reference data.

6. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 in which:

said storage unit further stores an advice information useful for guiding restoration of the body condition after childbirth according to the result of the comparison;

said comparator unit further selects the advice information based on the result of the comparison; and

said output unit outputs at least the selected advice information.

7. A postpartum supporting apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6 in which:

said reference data is formed for each of the factors affecting the restoration of the body condition;

said apparatus further comprises a factor data input unit and a selection unit;

said factor data input unit inputs the factor data for a user and said selection unit selects any one of the reference data based on the input factor data; and

said comparator unit compares the selected reference data with the measurement data.