Shielded cable, and bioelectrical impedance value or biological composition data acquiring apparatus using the same

• US 7,317,161 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2004
• Issued: 01/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Original Assignee: Tanita Corporation (Tanita)
• Inventors: Fukuda, Yoshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Mayo, III; William H.
• Application Number:
  US10/978,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20050098343A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: 174/28, 174/74.R, 174/75.C, 174/102.R, 174/103, 174/104
• US Class Current: 174/36
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 11/206 Tri-conductor coaxial cables

Abstract

There are provided a shielded cable having a core wire for carrying an electrical signal, and a shield around the circumference of the core wire and connected to the core wire via a drive circuit, wherein the drive circuit has a band limiting circuit which decreases an output voltage in a predetermined frequency band; and an apparatus which acquires a bioelectrical impedance value or biological composition data by using the shielded cable.

Claims

1. A shielded cable comprising:

a core wire for carrying an electrical signal,

a shield provided around the circumference of the core wire, and

a drive circuit on a line electrically connecting the core wire to the shield,

wherein the shield is drivable to act as an active shield for shielding the core wire from outside, responsive to an output voltage from the drive circuit, and

wherein the drive circuit has a band limiting circuit for decreasing the output voltage in a predetermined frequency band such that the shield does not act as the active shield.

2. The cable of claim 1, further comprising a second shield provided around the circumference of the shield and connected to a stable potential with a low impedance.

3. The cable of claim 2, wherein the potential to which the second shield is connected is a ground potential.

4. An apparatus for acquiring a bioelectrical impedance value or biological composition data by supplying a high frequency weak or small current between any two points of a living body through electrodes and measuring a potential difference in the current path through electrodes,

wherein an electric cable which connects a main unit of the apparatus to the electrode comprises;

a core wire for carrying an electrical signal,

a shield provided around the circumference of the core wire, and

a drive circuit on a line electrically connecting the core wire to the shield,

wherein the shield is drivable to act as an active shield for shielding the core wire from outside, responsive to an output voltage from the drive circuit, and

wherein the drive circuit has a band limiting circuit for decreasing the output voltage in a predetermined frequency band such that the shield does not act as the active shield.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the electric cable further comprises a second shield provided around the circumference of the shield and connected to a stable potential with a low impedance.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the potential to which the second shield is connected is a ground potential.