BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND FIXING STRUCTURE

• US 20140094677A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: OKUDA, Hideki, KATO, Teruo, TERASAWA, Dai
• Granted Patent: US 9,138,158 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/390
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses

Abstract

There is provided a biological information detecting apparatus including: an apparatus main body; a pair of heart rate detecting parts provided on the apparatus main body, each of the heart rate detecting parts having an electrode in contact with a biological surface; a strip-shaped fixing band attached to the apparatus main body and configured to fix the apparatus main body and the pair of heart rate detecting parts to a body; free rings provided to be slidable along a longitudinal direction of the fixing band; and joining parts configured to join the pair of heart rate detecting parts and the free rings, wherein the pair of heart rate detecting parts and the free rings are joined through protrusions and recesses.

Claims

1. A biological information detecting apparatus comprising:

an apparatus main body;

a pair of biological signal detecting parts provided on the apparatus main body, each of the biological signal detecting parts having an electrode in contact with a biological surface;

a strip-shaped fixing part attached to the apparatus main body and configured to fix the apparatus main body and the pair of biological signal detecting parts to a body;

holders provided to be slidable along a longitudinal direction of the fixing part; and

joining parts configured to join the pair of biological signal detecting parts and the holders.

2. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holders are positioned at portions corresponding to ends, which are opposite to the apparatus main body, of the electrodes.

3. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the joining parts includes a protrusion provided on the biological signal detecting part side and a recess provided on the holder side and capable of receiving the protrusion.

4. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion is press-fitted into the recess.

5. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each of the holders is formed to surround a circumference of the fixing part in a short-length direction thereof, and a slit is formed to cut the holder in a short-length direction thereof.

6. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the slit is formed to cut a portion of the holder where the recess is formed.

7. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the joining parts includes surface fasteners respectively provided on each of the biological signal detecting parts and each of the holders.

8. The biological information detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the biological signal detecting parts, each of the holders, and each of the joining parts are formed integrally.

9. A fixing structure comprising:

a pair of biological signal detecting parts provided on an apparatus main body, each of the biological signal detecting parts having an electrode in contact with a biological surface;

a strip-shaped fixing part attached to the apparatus main body and configured to fix the apparatus main body and the pair of biological signal detecting parts to a body;

holders provided to be slidable along a longitudinal direction of the fixing part; and

joining parts configured to join the pair of biological signal detecting parts and the holders, wherein the fixing part, the holders, and the joining parts fix the biological signal detecting parts to the body.