Inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure-index measuring apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising:
- an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inferior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the inferior limb;
a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes a superior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the superior limb;
an inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of the subject, based on the blood pressure of the inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and the blood pressure of the superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device;
an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an inferior-limb pulse wave propagates in a first portion of the subject that includes the inferior limb;
an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an upper-half-body pulse wave propagates in a second portion of an upper half body of the subject; and
an evaluation-information obtaining means for obtaining, based on comparison of the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, evaluation information that is related to evaluation of reliability of the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index determined by the inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a patient, including an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device, a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device, an index determining device for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index, based on a blood pressure of an inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and a blood pressure of a superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device, an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information, an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information, and an evaluation-information obtaining device for obtaining, based on the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information, evaluation information that is related to evaluation of reliability of the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index.
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11 Claims
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1. An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising:
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an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inferior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the inferior limb;
a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes a superior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the superior limb;
an inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of the subject, based on the blood pressure of the inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and the blood pressure of the superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device;
an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an inferior-limb pulse wave propagates in a first portion of the subject that includes the inferior limb;
an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an upper-half-body pulse wave propagates in a second portion of an upper half body of the subject; and
an evaluation-information obtaining means for obtaining, based on comparison of the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, evaluation information that is related to evaluation of reliability of the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index determined by the inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 8, 9)
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3. An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising:
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an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inferior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the inferior limb;
a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes a superior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the superior limb;
an inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of the subject, based on the blood pressure of the inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and the blood pressure of the superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device;
an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an inferior-limb pulse wave propagates in a first portion of the inferior limb of the subject;
an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an upper-half-body pulse wave propagates in a second portion of the subject that includes an upper half body of the subject; and
an evaluation-information obtaining means for obtaining, based on comparison of the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, evaluation information that is related to evaluation of reliability of the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index determined by the inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means.
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6. An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising:
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an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inferior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the inferior limb;
a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes a superior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the superior limb;
an inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of the subject, based on the blood pressure of the inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and the blood pressure of the superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device;
an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an inferior-limb pulse wave propagates in a first portion of the subject that includes the inferior limb;
an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an upper-half-body pulse wave propagates in a second portion of an upper half body of the subject; and
a display device which displays the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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7. An apparatus for measuring an inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising:
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an inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inferior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around an inferior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the inferior limb;
a superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device which includes a superior-limb cuff adapted to be wound around a superior limb of the subject and measures a blood pressure of the superior limb;
an inferior-and-superior-limb-blood-pressure-index determining means for determining the inferior-and-superior-limb blood-pressure index of the subject, based on the blood pressure of the inferior limb measured by the inferior-limb blood-pressure measuring device and the blood pressure of the superior limb measured by the superior-limb blood-pressure measuring device;
an inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an inferior-limb pulse wave propagates in a first portion of the inferior limb of the subject;
an upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which an upper-half-body pulse wave propagates in a second portion of the subject that includes an upper half body of the subject; and
a display device which displays the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device and the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the upper-half-body-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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