Arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus
First Claim
1. An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus, comprising:
- a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a left-superior-limb blood pressure of a left superior limb of a living subject;
a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a right-superior-limb blood pressure of a right superior limb of the subject;
a left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining means for determining a left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio as a ratio between the left-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device and the right-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device;
a pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to at least one velocity at which at least one pulse wave propagates in at least one of (a) a first body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the left superior limb and (b) a second body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the right superior limb; and
a display device which displays the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio determined by the left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining means, and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, such that the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information are comparable with each other by a person.
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Abstract
An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus including a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device including a cuff, a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device including a cuff, a ratio determining means for determining a ratio between a left-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device and a right-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device, an information obtaining device which obtains information that is related to a velocity at which a pulse wave propagates in a first body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the left superior limb or a second body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the right superior limb, and a display device which displays the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio determined by the left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining device, and the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, such that the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio and the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information are comparable with each other by a medical person.
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8 Claims
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1. An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus, comprising:
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a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a left-superior-limb blood pressure of a left superior limb of a living subject;
a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a right-superior-limb blood pressure of a right superior limb of the subject;
a left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining means for determining a left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio as a ratio between the left-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device and the right-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device;
a pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to at least one velocity at which at least one pulse wave propagates in at least one of (a) a first body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the left superior limb and (b) a second body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the right superior limb; and
a display device which displays the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio determined by the left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining means, and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, such that the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information are comparable with each other by a person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An arteriosclerosis evaluating apparatus, comprising:
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a left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a left-superior-limb blood pressure of a left superior limb of a living subject;
a right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device which measures, with a cuff, a right-superior-limb blood pressure of a right superior limb of the subject;
a left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining device which determines a left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio as a ratio between the left-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the left-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device and the right-superior-limb blood pressure measured by the right-superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device;
a pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information that is related to at least one velocity at which at least one pulse wave propagates in at least one of (a) a first body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the left superior limb and (b) a second body portion of the subject that includes at least a portion of the right superior limb; and
a display device which displays the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio determined by the left-and-right-superior-limb-blood-pressure-ratio determining device, and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information obtained by the pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-information obtaining device, such that the left-and-right-superior-limb blood-pressure ratio and said at least one set of pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related information are comparable with each other by a person.
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