Device to measure vascular function
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1. A measuring device to measure vascular function of an artery, comprising:
- a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of a body to constrict the artery,a pulse wave amplitude calculating device that calculates an amplitude of a pulse wave that is synchronous with a heartbeat and is based on a change in a volume of the artery, andan inference device that infers a vascular function that corresponds to a pressure-to-volume characteristic for the artery based on the amplitude of the pulse wave and e corresponding cuff pressure in said cuff,wherein said inference device comprises a processor that;
selects a first pulse wave,selects a second pulse wave having a corresponding cuff pressure that is separated from a cuff pressure corresponding to the first pulse wave by an amount equal to the difference between a systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the body to whom said cuff is attached, andapproximates a function that corresponds to the relationship between the arterial pressure and the internal volume of the artery when the cuff pressure is in the region between the cuff pressures corresponding to the first and second pulse waves.
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Abstract
A measuring device to measure vascular function of an artery includes a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of a body to constrict the artery, a pulse wave amplitude calculating device that calculates an amplitude of a pulse wave that is synchronous with a heartbeat and is based on a change in a volume of the artery, and an inference device that infers a pressure-to-volume characteristic for the artery based on the amplitude of the pulse wave and a corresponding pressure. A blood pressure meter incorporating the measuring device uses a measure of the vascular function to determine a degree of sclerosis in the artery.
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15 Claims
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1. A measuring device to measure vascular function of an artery, comprising:
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a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of a body to constrict the artery, a pulse wave amplitude calculating device that calculates an amplitude of a pulse wave that is synchronous with a heartbeat and is based on a change in a volume of the artery, and an inference device that infers a vascular function that corresponds to a pressure-to-volume characteristic for the artery based on the amplitude of the pulse wave and e corresponding cuff pressure in said cuff, wherein said inference device comprises a processor that; selects a first pulse wave, selects a second pulse wave having a corresponding cuff pressure that is separated from a cuff pressure corresponding to the first pulse wave by an amount equal to the difference between a systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the body to whom said cuff is attached, and approximates a function that corresponds to the relationship between the arterial pressure and the internal volume of the artery when the cuff pressure is in the region between the cuff pressures corresponding to the first and second pulse waves. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A blood pressure meter comprising:
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a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of the body to constrict an artery; a pulse wave extracting device to detect and extract a pulse wave component that is synchronous with a heartbeat based on a change in a volume of said artery when a cuff pressure in said cuff changes; an amplitude calculating device to calculate an amplitude of said pulse wave; a blood pressure calculating device to calculate a systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure based on said cuff pressure and said amplitude of said pulse wave; an inference device to infer a pressure-to-volume characteristic of said artery based on said amplitude of said pulse wave and said corresponding cuff pressure; and a judging device to determine a degree of sclerosis in said artery based on said pressure-to-volume characteristic, wherein said judging device judges the degree of sclerosis in said artery by comparing said pressure-to-volume characteristic to a predetermined pressure-to-volume characteristic, and further comprising an input device to input an age of the body to whom said cuff is attached, wherein said judging device uses said age to select said predetermined pressure-to-volume characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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