Blood Pressure Value Display Device, Blood Pressure Measuring Instrument, and Blood Pressure Value Display Method

• US 20090131807A1
• Filed: 07/21/2006
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ICST Corporation
• Original Assignee: ICST Corporation
• Inventors: Yokoi, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/989,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20090131807A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/490
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence

Abstract

A blood pressure level display device or the like is provided which allows easy measurement and has an improved convenience during measurement.

It has a blood pressure display panel 24 having a circumferentially-calibrated scale, and includes: a systolic blood pressure indicating unit for providing a systolic blood pressure indication based on a state of systolic blood pressure; and a diastolic blood pressure indicating unit for providing a diastolic blood pressure indication based on a state of diastolic blood pressure. It further includes: a high blood pressure side indicator needle 26 which rotates in conjunction with a state of pressure applied to a subject to be measured, and displays at rest a systolic blood pressure level based on the systolic blood pressure indication from the systolic blood pressure indicating unit; and a low blood pressure side indicator needle 28 which displays at rest a diastolic blood pressure level based on the diastolic blood pressure indication from the diastolic blood pressure indicating unit.

Claims

1. A blood pressure level display device having a blood pressure display panel provided with a circumferentially-calibrated scale intended for blood pressure levels, with respect to which an indicator needle for displaying a blood pressure level rotates so that the blood pressure level is visually identifiable from the scale indicated by the indicator needle, the device comprising:

a systolic blood pressure indicating unit for providing a systolic blood pressure indication based on a state of systolic blood pressure;

a diastolic blood pressure indicating unit for providing a diastolic blood pressure indication based on a state of diastolic blood pressure;

a high blood pressure side indicator needle which rotates in conjunction with a state of pressure applied to a subject to be measured, is allowed to stop based on the systolic blood pressure indication from the systolic blood pressure indicating unit, and displays at rest a systolic blood pressure level on the scale; and

a low blood pressure side indicator needle which rotates in conjunction with the state of pressure applied to the subject to be measured, is allowed to stop based on the diastolic blood pressure indication from the diastolic blood pressure indicating unit, and displays at rest a diastolic blood pressure level on the scale.

2. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 1, comprising:

a high blood pressure side numerical area for determining significance of the systolic blood pressure level pointed by the high blood pressure side indicator needle, being circumferentially arranged along the scale; and

a low blood pressure side numerical area for determining significance of the diastolic blood pressure level pointed by the low blood pressure side indicator needle, being circumferentially arranged along the scale, and

wherein a result of blood pressure measurement can be determined visually from a stop position of the high blood pressure side indicator needle in the high blood pressure side numerical area and a stop position of the low blood pressure side indicator needle in the low blood pressure blood pressure side numerical area.

3. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 2, wherein the high blood pressure side numerical area and the low blood pressure side numerical area are each sectioned into at least three types of areas including a high area, a middle area, and a low area.

4. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 1, wherein the high blood pressure side indicator needle is a long hand, and the low blood pressure side indicator needle is a short hand.

5. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 2, wherein the low blood pressure side numerical area is displayed radially inside the high blood pressure side numerical area so that a needlepoint of the high blood pressure side indicator needle, the long hand, falls within the high blood pressure side numerical area and a needlepoint of the low blood pressure side indicator needle, the short hand, falls within the low blood pressure side numerical area.

6. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 1, comprising blood pressure difference display means fixed to either one of the high blood pressure side indicator needle and the low blood pressure side indicator needle, a blood pressure difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure being identifiable based on a relative angular difference between the high blood pressure side indicator needle and the low blood pressure side indicator needle at rest.

7. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 1, comprising:

a rotating basic shaft for rotating in conjunction with the state of pressure applied to the subject to be measured;

a high blood pressure side interlocking mechanism for interlocking the rotating basic shaft and the high blood pressure side indicator needle;

a low blood pressure side interlocking mechanism for interlocking the rotating basic shaft and the low blood pressure side indicator needle;

a high blood pressure side interlock releasing mechanism for releasing the interlocking state of the high blood pressure side interlocking mechanism based on the systolic blood pressure indication from the systolic blood pressure indicating unit; and

a low blood pressure side interlock releasing mechanism for releasing the interlocking state of the low blood pressure side interlocking mechanism based on the diastolic blood pressure indication from the diastolic blood pressure indicating unit.

8. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 7, wherein:

the high blood pressure side interlocking mechanism includes

high blood pressure side one-way engaging means for interlocking the high blood pressure side indicator needle and the rotating basic shaft when the rotating basic shaft relatively rotates to higher blood pressures with respect to the high blood pressure side indicator needle, and

high blood pressure side biasing means for biasing the high blood pressure side indicator needle to lower blood pressures rotationally against rotation of the high blood pressure side indicator needle to higher blood pressures;

the low blood pressure side interlocking mechanism includes

low blood pressure side one-way engaging means for interlocking the low blood pressure side indicator needle and the rotating basic shaft when the rotating basic shaft relatively rotates to higher blood pressures with respect to the low blood pressure side indicator needle, and

low blood pressure side biasing means for biasing the low blood pressure side indicator needle to lower blood pressures rotationally against rotation of the low blood pressure side indicator needle to higher blood pressures;

the high blood pressure side interlock releasing mechanism includes high blood pressure side braking means for coming into engagement with the high blood pressure side indicator needle to stop rotation of the high blood pressure side indicator needle; and

the low blood pressure side interlock releasing mechanism includes low blood pressure side braking means for coming into engagement with the low blood pressure side indicator needle to stop rotation of the low blood pressure side indicator needle.

9. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 7, comprising a reset mechanism for releasing the interlocking states of the high blood pressure side interlocking mechanism and the low blood pressure side interlocking mechanism simultaneously, and rotating the high blood pressure side indicator needle and the low blood pressure indicator needle to their initial positions.

10. The blood pressure level display device according to claim 9, wherein the reset mechanism includes axial moving means for moving the rotating basic shaft axially relative to the high blood pressure side interlocking mechanism and the low blood pressure side interlocking mechanism and thereby releasing it forcibly when the rotating basic shaft lies near a zero point.

11. A blood pressure measuring apparatus for measuring a blood pressure level of a subject to be measured, the apparatus comprising:

the blood pressure level display device according to claim 1; and

pressure control means for applying and reducing pressure to the subject to be measured,

wherein the blood pressure level display device further includes motion converting means for converting a value of pressure the pressure control means applies to the subject to be measured into a rotational motion, and using the rotational motion as a power source for rotating the high blood pressure side indicator needle and the low blood pressure side indicator needle.

12. A blood pressure level display method of using a blood pressure display panel provided with a circumferentially-calibrated scale intended for blood pressure levels, and rotating an indicator needle for displaying a blood pressure level so that the blood pressure level is visually identifiable from the scale indicated by the indicator needle, the method comprising:

a systolic blood pressure indicating step of providing a systolic blood pressure indication based on a state of systolic blood pressure;

a diastolic blood pressure indicating step of providing a diastolic blood pressure indication based on a state of diastolic blood pressure;

a systolic blood pressure display step of rotating a high blood pressure side indicator needle in conjunction with a state of pressure applied to a subject to be measured, and stopping the high blood pressure side indicator needle based on the systolic blood pressure indication from the systolic blood pressure indicating unit, thereby displaying at rest a systolic blood pressure level on the scale pointed by the high blood pressure side indicator needle; and

a diastolic blood pressure display step of rotating a low blood pressure side indicator needle in conjunction with the state of pressure applied to the subject to be measured, and

stopping the low blood pressure side indicator needle based on the diastolic blood pressure indication from the diastolic blood pressure indicating unit, thereby displaying at rest a diastolic blood pressure level on the scale pointed by the low blood pressure side indicator needle.