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Vital-information obtaining apparatus

  • US 20040077959A1
  • Filed: 05/19/2003
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vital-information obtaining apparatus comprising:

  • a cuff to be worn on a predetermined portion of a living subject;

    a cuff-pressure control device operable to control an inflation pressure of said cuff;

    a cuff-pulse-wave detecting device operable to detect a cuff pulse wave which is a pressure pulsation transmitted from the living subject to said cuff; and

    vital-information determining means operable while an inflation pressure of said cuff is held at a value higher than a systolic blood pressure of said living subject under the control of said cuff-pressure control device, said vital-information determining means determining vital information of said living subject, on the basis of a notch of said cuff pulse wave detected by said cuff-pulse-wave detecting device.

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