Blood pressure measurement apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A blood pressure measurement apparatus comprising:
- blood pressure measurement means for measuring a subject'"'"'s blood pressure;
physiological information measurement means for measuring physiological information of a type excluding said subject'"'"'s blood pressure; and
determination means for determining whether a level of said physiological information as measured by said physiological information measurement means for measurement of said subject'"'"'s blood pressure is close to a specified level relative to a range in variation of a level of a series of said physiological information as measured by said physiological information measurement means over a predetermined period of time and stored, wherein when said determination means determines that the level of said physiological information as measured is close to said specified level, said blood pressure measurement means is initiated.
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Abstract
A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a blood pressure monitor measuring a subject'"'"'s blood pressure, a finger cuff, a pulse wave detector and a pulse rate calculator operative to continuously measure a pulse rate serving as physiological information other than blood pressure, a pulse rate storage storing the continuously measured pulse rate, and a comparator and determiner determining from a previous, continuous pulse rate stored in the pulse rate storage that a currently measured pulse rate is close to a specified level relative to a range in variation of a pulse rate unique to the subject. When the comparator and determiner determines that the currently measured pulse rate corresponds to the specified level, the blood pressure monitor is instructed to start blood pressure measurement.
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1. A blood pressure measurement apparatus comprising:
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blood pressure measurement means for measuring a subject'"'"'s blood pressure;
physiological information measurement means for measuring physiological information of a type excluding said subject'"'"'s blood pressure; and
determination means for determining whether a level of said physiological information as measured by said physiological information measurement means for measurement of said subject'"'"'s blood pressure is close to a specified level relative to a range in variation of a level of a series of said physiological information as measured by said physiological information measurement means over a predetermined period of time and stored, wherein when said determination means determines that the level of said physiological information as measured is close to said specified level, said blood pressure measurement means is initiated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A blood pressure measurement method comprising the steps of:
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measuring physiological information of a type other than a subject'"'"'s blood pressure; and
determining whether a level of said physiological information as measured at the step of measuring for measurement of said subject'"'"'s blood pressure is close to a specified level relative to a range in variation of a level of a series of said physiological information as measured at the step of measuring over a predetermined period of time and stored, wherein when a decision is made at the step of determining that the level of said physiological information as measured is close to said specified level, a measurement of said subject'"'"'s blood pressure starts.
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