MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140012146A1
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Fukuda, Kunio
• Application Number:
  US13/926,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02108 from analysis of pulse wave characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02125 of pulse wave propagation time
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]

Abstract

There is provided a measurement apparatus including a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject, and a chest contact measurement unit that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.

Claims

1. A measurement apparatus comprising:

a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject; and

a chest contact measurement unit that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.

2. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a contact information acquisition unit configured to acquire contact information that includes information relating to a contact state between the electrocardiography measurement unit and the chest.

3. The measurement apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a measurement control unit configured to control measurement performed by the electrocardiography measurement unit based on the contact information.

4. The measurement apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a measurement state determination unit configured to determine at least one of a reliability of the electrocardiography information and a reliability of the pulse wave information based on at least the contact information.

5. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pulse wave measurement unit is provided on a face opposing a contact face between the electrocardiography measurement unit and the chest.

6. The measurement apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the electrocardiography measurement unit includes at least two or more electrodes, and

wherein the pulse wave measurement unit is provided at a position corresponding to between the two electrodes.

7. The measurement apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the electrocardiography measurement unit includes at least two or more electrodes, and

wherein the contact information includes information relating to impedance between the at least two electrodes.

8. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the chest contact measurement unit further comprises a heart sound measurement unit configured to measure a heart sound of the measurement subject, and

wherein the blood pressure calculation unit is configured to calculate a blood pressure value by further utilizing information relating to the measured heart sound.

9. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the chest contact measurement unit further comprises a body surface temperature measurement unit configured to measure a body surface temperature of the measurement subject, and

wherein the blood pressure calculation unit is configured to calculate a blood pressure value by further utilizing information relating to the measured body surface temperature.

10. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pulse wave is measured by sandwiching the pulse wave detection site between a light irradiation unit and a light incident portion in the pulse wave measurement unit.

11. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrocardiography measurement unit includes a detachable wet electrode.

12. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrocardiography measurement unit includes at least two or more detachable dry electrodes.

13. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrocardiography measurement unit and the pulse wave measurement unit are integrally formed.

14. The measurement apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pulse wave measurement unit is detachable from the chest contact measurement unit.

15. A measurement method comprising:

acquiring pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of a measurement subject and electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of the measurement subject input from an electrocardiography measurement unit in contact with a chest of the measurement subject; and

calculating a blood pressure value based on the pulse wave information and the electrocardiography information.

16. A program that causes a computer to realize:

a blood pressure calculation function of calculating a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject; and

a chest contact measurement function that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.

17. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a program that causes a computer to realize:

a blood pressure calculation function of calculating a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject; and

a chest contact measurement function that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.

18. A measurement system comprising:

a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject; and

a chest contact measurement unit that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.

19. A measurement system comprising:

a calculation server that includes a blood pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure value based on electrocardiography information relating to an electrocardiogram of a measurement subject and pulse wave information relating to a pulse wave of the measurement subject; and

a measurement apparatus including a chest contact measurement unit that includes an electrocardiography measurement unit that is brought into contact with a chest of the measurement subject to measure the electrocardiogram and a pulse wave measurement unit configured to measure the pulse wave from a pulse wave detection site of the measurement subject.