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Standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-value determining apparatus and pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-value obtaining apparatus

  • US 6,881,190 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2003
  • Issued: 04/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for determining a standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value for a living subject, comprising:

  • a blood-pressure measuring device for measuring a blood pressure of the subject;

    an age determining device for determining an age of the subject;

    a standard-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-value determining device for determining the standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value for the subject, based on the blood pressure of the subject measured by the blood-pressure measuring device and the age of the subject determined by the age determining device, according to a predetermined relationship between (A) (a1) blood pressure and (a2) age and (B) standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value; and

    a gender determining device for determining a gender of the subject, wherein the predetermined relationship between (A)(a1) blood pressure and (a2) age and (B) standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value comprises two predetermined relationships between (A)(a1) blood pressure and (a2) age and (B) standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value that correspond to male and female, respectively, and wherein the standard-pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related-value determining device determines the standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value for the subject, according to one of the two predetermined relationships between (A)(a1) blood pressure and (a2) age and (B) standard pulse-wave-propagation-velocity-related value that corresponds to the gender of the subject determined by the sender determining device.

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