Health care apparatus

• US 20040238641A1
• Filed: 05/27/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Harima, Shinichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,134,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/472.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/3271 Amperometric enzyme electrodes for analytes in body fluids, e.g. glucose in blood amperometry per se G01N27/49; aspects concerning the enzyme reagent C12Q1/001
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Disclosed is a health care apparatus, comprising: a measurement unit; an input unit; and a health index calculation unit. According to the present invention said measurement unit measures an oxidation/reduction potential of a body of a person, and said input unit enters at least one of living body information other than said oxidation/reduction potential of the body. Furthermore, said health index calculation unit calculates a health index for judging a health condition, based on said oxidation/reduction potential of the body and said living body information.

Claims

1. A health care apparatus, comprising:

a measurement unit;

an input unit; and

a health index calculation unit, wherein said measurement unit measures an oxidation/reduction potential of a body of a person under test,

said input unit enters at least one of living body information other than said oxidation/reduction potential of the body, and

said health index calculation unit calculates a health index for judging a health condition, based on said oxidation/reduction potential of the body and said living body information.

2. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which it further comprises a health age judgment unit,

said health age judgment unit judges an age for health, based on said health index and according to a regression formula derived from correlation between said health index and the age.

3. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said input means enters at least one of blood pressure value, uric acid value, blood sugar value, ratio of sodium/potassium ions, pulse rate, and BMI as said living body information other than said oxidation/reduction potential of the body.

4. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said health index calculation unit calculates the health index according to a health level that is determined by comparing said oxidation/reduction potential of the body and said living body information with an associated health level assessment criterion in which a plurality of health levels is set in advance.

5. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which it further comprises:

a difference calculation unit;

a load effect calculation unit; and

a load-to-health index calculation unit, wherein

said difference calculation unit calculates any difference in oxidation/reduction potential before and after application of load to the body, said load including an action of doing an exercise, taking a meal, etc.,

said load effect calculation unit calculates any effect of load on the body by comparing said difference in oxidation/reduction potential before and after application of load with a load effect assessment criterion in which a plurality of load effect levels is set in advance, and

said load-to-health index calculation unit calculates a load-to-health index for judging a health condition due to application of load to the body, based on said effect of load and said living body information.

6. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is blood pressure value.

7. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is uric acid value.

8. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is blood sugar value.

9. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is urine sugar value.

10. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is the ratio of sodium/potassium ions.

11. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is pulse rate.

12. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 in which said living body information is data of adiposity such as body weight, BMI or body fat.

14. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 or 13 in which it further comprises a food indication unit,

said food indication unit indicates at least one of the following food items:

one is exhibiting the same oxidation/reduction potential as that of the person'"'"'s body; and

the other is exhibiting an oxidation/reduction potential desired for intake in view of the oxidation/reduction potential of the person'"'"'s body, those food items being selected from a food table listing several food items classified into a plurality of groups in advance according to the oxidation/reduction potential values that they inherently have.

15. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 or 13 in which it further comprises a dissolved oxygen density compensation unit, said compensation unit compensates for any effect of density of dissolved oxygen when measuring the oxidation/reduction potential of the body.

16. A health care apparatus according to claim 1 or 13 in which it further comprises a temperature compensation unit, said compensation unit compensates for any effect of temperature of an object to be measured when measuring the oxidation/reduction potential of the body.

13. A health care apparatus, comprising:

a measurement unit;

a clock unit;

a memory unit; and

a living body change acquirement unit, wherein

said measurement unit measures an oxidation/reduction potential of a body of a person under test,

said clock unit determines date and time at which the measurement is done,

said memory unit stores said oxidation/reduction potential of the body and said date and time as the time series data, and

said living body change acquirement unit acquires any time series living body change such as a menstrual cycle, restoration after disease, etc., from said time series data.