Pulse detection apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

• US 20090318817A1
• Filed: 06/18/2009
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Arita, Takashi, Sakurai, Satoshi, Akabane, Ayumu
• Application Number:
  US12/457,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20090318817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/490
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02444 Details of sensor A61B5/02427 takes precedence

Abstract

A pulse detection apparatus including: a support member that supports a pulse sensor so as to touch a human body with the pulse sensor; a cable that is electrically connected to the pulse sensor and mechanically connected to the support member; a first restriction member that is provided on the cable, and restricts the movement of the cable in a lateral direction thereof by fitting in a first concave portion provided on the support member; and a second restriction member that is provided on the cable, and restricts the movement of the cable in an extension direction thereof by fitting in a second concave portion provided on the support member.

Claims

1. A pulse detection apparatus comprising:

a support member that supports a pulse sensor so as to touch a human body with the pulse sensor;

a cable that is electrically connected to the pulse sensor and mechanically connected to the support member;

a first restriction member that is provided on the cable, and restricts the movement of the cable in a lateral direction thereof by fitting in a first concave portion provided on the support member; and

a second restriction member that is provided on the cable, and restricts the movement of the cable in an extension direction thereof by fitting in a second concave portion provided on the support member.

2. The pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first concave portion has a depth in the extension direction of the cable, and the second concave portion has a depth in the lateral direction of the cable.

3. The pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first restriction member and the second restriction member are formed in the extension direction of the cable so as to nip a part of the cable, and a guide groove is provided on the first concave portion, the guide groove including an opening in a direction where the second groove portion opens, and guiding the part of the cable provided between the first restriction member and the second restriction member.

4. The pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first concave portion has a depth in the lateral direction of the cable and includes a third restriction member which restricts that the first restriction member comes away from the support member in the lateral direction of the cable, and the second concave portion has a depth in the lateral direction of the cable.

5. The pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support member causes the pulse sensor to touch the human body by nipping a part of the human body.

6. A method for manufacturing a pulse detection apparatus, comprising:

a first step of fitting a first restriction member provided on a cable in a first concave portion provided on a support member, the first restriction member restricting the movement of the cable in a lateral direction thereof, the support member supporting a pulse sensor so as to touch a human body with the pulse sensor, and the cable being electrically connected to the pulse sensor; and

a second step of fitting a second restriction member provided on the cable in a second concave portion provided on the support member, the second restriction member restricting the movement of the cable in an extension direction thereof.

7. The method for manufacturing the pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first step includes a third step of inserting the first restriction member into the first concave portion along the extension direction of the cable, and the second step includes a fourth step of inserting the second restriction member into the second concave portion along the lateral direction of the cable.

8. The method for manufacturing the pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first restriction member and the second restriction member are formed in the extension direction of the cable so as to nip a part of the cable, and the first step includes a fifth step of inserting the first restriction member into the first concave portion so that the part of the cable is guided by a guide groove including an opening in a direction where the second groove portion opens.

9. The method for manufacturing the pulse detection apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first step includes a sixth step of inserting the first restriction member into the first concave portion along the lateral direction of the cable, the first concave portion including a third restriction member which restricts that the first restriction member comes away from the support member in an insertion direction of the cable, and the second step includes a seventh step of inserting the second restriction member into the second concave portion along the lateral direction of the cable.