BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD

• US 20130211268A1
• Filed: 03/28/2013
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujii, Kenji, Kobayashi, Tatsuya
• Granted Patent: US 9,532,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/494
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02007 Evaluating blood vessel condition, e.g. elasticity, compliance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02225 using the oscillometric method
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02233 Occluders specially adapted therefor tourniquets A61B17/132
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0235 Valves specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/026 Measuring blood flow A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7278 Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesising signals from measured signals A61B5/327 takes precedence

Abstract

A CPU acquires factor information for a degree of arteriosclerosis, stores a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms, generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information, decomposes a pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform, and calculates an index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform.

Claims

1. A blood pressure information measurement device for calculating an index of a degree of arteriosclerosis of a measurement subject as blood pressure information, comprising:

a detection member comprising a plurality of pressure sensors; and

a central processing unit that detects a pulse waveform by bringing the detection member into contact with an exterior of a measurement site of the measurement subject,

wherein the central processing unit;

acquires factor information for the degree of arteriosclerosis;

stores a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms;

generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information;

decomposes the pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform; and

calculates the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform.

2. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the factor information is at least one from the group consisting of:

an augmentation index (AI) value, a difference between times of appearances of the ejected wave and the reflected wave, and a difference between times of peaks of the ejected wave and the reflected wave calculated from the pulse waveform.

3. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1,

wherein the detection member comprises a first air bladder for compressing a measurement site and a second air bladder for compressing a measurement site located on the distal side of the first air bladder, and

wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform based on changes in an internal pressure of the first air bladder while blood flow is restricted using the second air bladder.

4. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the factor information comprises an age of the measurement subject.

5. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a brachial artery.

6. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a radial artery.

7. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a carotid artery.

9. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2,

wherein the detection member comprises a first air bladder for compressing a measurement site and a second air bladder for compressing a measurement site located on the distal side of the first air bladder, and

wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform based on changes in an internal pressure of the first air bladder while blood flow is restricted using the second air bladder.

10. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the factor information comprises an age of the measurement subject.

11. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a brachial artery.

12. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a radial artery.

13. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2, wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a carotid artery.

8. A method for calculating an index of a degree of arteriosclerosis of a measurement subject as blood pressure information in a blood pressure information measurement device, comprising:

a step of detecting a pulse waveform by bringing a detection member that includes comprising a plurality of pressure sensors into contact with an exterior of a measurement site of the measurement subject;

a step of acquiring factor information for the degree of arteriosclerosis;

a step of storing a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms;

a step of generating a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information;

a step of decomposing the pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform; and

a step of calculating the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform.