BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PROCESS TAKING CHANGE OF MEASUREMENT ENVIRONMENT INTO CONSIDERATION

• US 20100286539A1
• Filed: 01/15/2009
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Ito, Shinichi, Tanaka, Takahide, Yamashita, Shingo, Sawanoi, Yukiya, Eto, Mika
• Application Number:
  US12/810,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20100286539A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/499
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers

Abstract

A blood pressure measurement device includes a measurement fluid bag, a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag, a blood pressure measurement unit for calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor, an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value, a storage unit for storing a measurement result, a recording processing unit for storing the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in the storage unit in association with each other and a notification unit for notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value and the environmental information.

Claims

1. A blood pressure measurement device comprising:

a measurement fluid bag;

a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag;

a blood pressure measurement unit for calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor;

an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value;

a storage unit for storing a measurement result;

a recording processing unit for storing the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in the storage unit in association with each other; and

a notification unit for notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value and the environmental information.

2. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit, wherein

the notification is made by displaying on the display unit a numerical value indicating a proportion of the blood pressure fluctuation with respect to the environmental fluctuation.

3. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit, wherein

the notification is made by displaying on the display unit information on a range of an environment having the blood pressure fluctuation possibly outside a predetermined allowable range.

4. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a classifying unit for classifying the blood pressure value and the environmental information into a predetermined region of the environmental information, wherein

the notification indicates that the blood pressure value in a region of interest of the environmental information is included in a predetermined region.

5. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit, wherein

the notification is made by displaying on the display unit that a proportion of the blood pressure fluctuation with respect to the environmental fluctuation is classified into a predetermined rank.

6. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 2, further comprising a recommended notification unit for notifying to urge a recommended action to a user.

7. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an approximation unit for calculating an approximate estimation curve of the blood pressure value with respect to the environmental information based on the measured environmental information and the calculated blood pressure value; and

an estimation unit for calculating a blood pressure value at a non-measured value of environmental information based on the approximate estimation curve.

8. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 1, further comprising a monitoring region calculating unit for calculating a monitoring range of the environmental information where the blood pressure value is included in a predetermined region based on the information on the blood pressure fluctuation with respect to the environmental fluctuation.

9. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a display unit; and

a monitoring unit for displaying a warning on the display unit according to a detection that the environmental information is in the monitoring range.

11. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 3, further comprising a recommended notification unit for notifying to urge a recommended action to a user.

12. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 4, further comprising a recommended notification unit for notifying to urge a recommended action to a user.

13. The blood pressure measurement device according to claim 5, further comprising a recommended notification unit for notifying to urge a recommended action to a user.

10. A blood pressure measurement data processing method in a blood pressure measurement device including a measurement fluid bag, a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag, an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value, and a storage unit for storing a measurement result;

the method comprising the steps of;

calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor;

measuring environmental information in association with the calculation process of the blood pressure value;

storing in the storage unit the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in association to each other; and

notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value, the environmental information, and a comparison with a predetermined judgment standard.