Living body measurement apparatus

• US 20050187486A1
• Filed: 02/22/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Koyama, Kazuyasu, Shimomura, Miyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/061,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20050187486A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/547
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7445 Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick

Abstract

Disclosed is a living body measurement apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrodes; a current supplying unit; a voltage measurement unit; a switching unit; a controller unit; and a display unit, wherein said plurality of electrodes are each contact with each of parts of a living body, said current supplying unit supplies electric current to the electrodes, said voltage measurement unit measures electric voltage on the electrodes, said switching unit switches between the electrodes so that the electrodes to which the current is supplied and on which the voltage is measured are changed, said controller unit controls operation of the current supplying unit, the voltage measurement unit and the switching unit, and said display unit is connected to the controller unit and displays the measurement result. According to the present invention, said apparatus further comprises: a display item selection unit and a part-of-living body selection unit, whereby the measurement result selected by those two selection units is displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A living body measurement apparatus comprising:

a plurality of electrodes;

a current supplying unit;

a voltage measurement unit;

a switching unit;

a controller unit; and

a display unit, wherein said plurality of electrodes are each contact with each of parts of a living body, said current supplying unit supplies electric current to the electrodes, said voltage measurement unit measures electric voltage on the electrodes, said switching unit switches between the electrodes so that the electrodes to which the current is supplied and on which the voltage is measured are changed, said controller unit controls operation of the current supplying unit, the voltage measurement unit and the switching unit, and said display unit is connected to the controller unit and displays the measurement result, said apparatus further comprising;

a display item selection unit and a part-of-living body selection unit, whereby the measurement result selected by those two selection units is displayed on the display unit.

2. A living body measurement apparatus according to claim 1 in which it further comprises an additional selection unit which produces graphic display of the measurement result selected by said two selection units on the display unit.

3. A living body measurement apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 in which said measurement result is at least one of the followings:

body weight;

body fat rate;

muscle mass;

bone mass;

body water mass;

basal metabolism; and

visceral fat area.