BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASURING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. Bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus for determining composition data of a human body, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of measuring electrodes;
a main board including measuring circuitry comprising voltage measuring circuitry and a control and analysis unit,said control and analysis unit being configured to apply, according to a predetermined measuring program, an alternating current from a controllable alternating current source to an electrode specific for the respective measuring program to the body and to conduct away alternating current via another electrode,said control and analysis unit being further configured to determine, based on two further electrodes and the voltage measuring circuitry, the resulting voltage, and to determine on this basis the impedance of a body segment,each voltage applying electrode including a remotely controlled alternating current source separate from the main board and disposed in the vicinity of the current applying electrode.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus for determining composition data of a human body, the apparatus including several measuring electrodes, measuring circuitry on a main board including voltage measuring circuitry and a control and analysis unit. The control and analysis unit is arranged to apply, according to a predetermined measuring program, an alternating current from a controllable alternating current source to an electrode specific for the respective measuring program to the body and to conduct away alternating current via another electrode and to determine by means of two further electrodes with the voltage measuring circuitry the resulting voltage, and to determine on this basis the impedance of a body segment. Each voltage applying electrode includes a remotely controlled alternating current source separate from the main board and disposed in the vicinity of the current applying electrode.
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1. Bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus for determining composition data of a human body, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of measuring electrodes; a main board including measuring circuitry comprising voltage measuring circuitry and a control and analysis unit, said control and analysis unit being configured to apply, according to a predetermined measuring program, an alternating current from a controllable alternating current source to an electrode specific for the respective measuring program to the body and to conduct away alternating current via another electrode, said control and analysis unit being further configured to determine, based on two further electrodes and the voltage measuring circuitry, the resulting voltage, and to determine on this basis the impedance of a body segment, each voltage applying electrode including a remotely controlled alternating current source separate from the main board and disposed in the vicinity of the current applying electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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