Vital information measuring device

• US 8,055,320 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2006
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc. (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Sato, Makoto, Nagai, Yoshiroh, Kitajima, Kazumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur; Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fardanesh; Marjan
• Application Number:
  US11/589,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20070100221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,835 Days
• Field of Search: 600300-500
• US Class Current: 600/323
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6843 Monitoring or controlling sensor contact pressure

Abstract

A vital information measuring device includes: a measuring unit for measuring certain vital information concerning a living body; a storage for storing therein a signal outputted from the measuring unit as measurement data; a vital information acquirer for acquiring a sleep apnea index based on the measurement data stored in the storage; a display section for displaying the sleep apnea index acquired by the vital information acquirer; and a device body for integrally mounting the measuring unit, the storage, the vital information acquirer, and the display section.

Claims

1. A vital information measuring device comprising:

a measuring unit for measuring certain vital information concerning a living body on a predetermined cycle;

a storage for storing therein a plurality of signals outputted from the measuring unit as measurement data;

a vital information acquirer for acquiring a sleep apnea index based on a plurality of the measurement data measured in consecutive measuring periods stored in the storage;

a display section for displaying the sleep apnea index acquired by the vital information acquirer; and

a device body for integrally mounting the measuring unit, the storage, the vital information acquirer, and the display section, wherein

the vital information acquirer acquires the sleep apnea index based on the measurement data measured in respective consecutive measuring periods before and after a non-measurement period when the measuring period is temporarily interrupted.

2. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a mounted state detector for detecting a mounted state of the vital information measuring device onto the living body; and

a measurement controller for controlling the measuring unit to start a measuring operation when the mounted state detector detects that the vital information measuring device is detachably attached to the living body, and to terminate the measuring operation when the mounted state detector detects that the vital information measuring device is detached from the living body.

3. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a judger for judging whether a current time has reached a predetermined point of time after termination of a measuring operation of the measuring unit, wherein

the vital information acquirer acquires the sleep apnea index, using the measurement data that have been acquired by the respective consecutive measuring operations of the measuring unit before and after a non-measurement period if the measuring operation of the measuring unit is resumed before the judger judges that the current time has reached the predetermined point of time.

4. The vital information measuring device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a data eraser for erasing the measurement data stored in the storage if the judger judges that the current time has reached the predetermined point of time.

5. The vital information measuring device according to claim 3, wherein

the predetermined point of time is a point of time when a certain time has elapsed after the termination of the measuring operation of the measuring unit, or a point of time when the current time has reached a targeted point of time.

6. The vital information measuring device according to claim 3, wherein

in the case where a predetermined scheduled measurement period includes a non-measurement period, a first measurement period, and a second measurement period, with the non-measurement period being in between the first measurement period and the second measurement period, by restart of the measuring operation of the measuring unit after an ongoing measuring operation has been temporarily interrupted, the measurement data that has been acquired in the first measurement period, the measurement data that has been acquired in the second measurement period, and the measurement data that have been acquired throughout the first measurement period and the second measurement period are individually storable into the storage.

7. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a scheduled measurement period setter for setting a period during which a series of measuring operations of the measuring unit are to be conducted, as a predetermined scheduled measurement period, wherein

the vital information acquirer acquires the sleep apnea index, using the measurement data that have been acquired by the respective consecutive measuring operations of the measuring unit before and after a non-measurement period even if the scheduled measurement period includes the non-measurement period by restart of the measuring operation after an ongoing measurement operation has been temporarily interrupted.

8. The vital information measuring device according to claim 7, wherein

the scheduled measurement period setter sets the scheduled measurement period in association with actual time information.

9. The vital information measuring device according to claim 7, wherein

in the case where the predetermined scheduled measurement period includes the non-measurement period, a first measurement period, and a second measurement period, with the non-measurement period being in between the first measurement period and the second measurement period, by restart of the measuring operation of the measuring unit after the ongoing measuring operation has been temporarily interrupted, the measurement data that has been acquired in the first measurement period, the measurement data that has been acquired in the second measurement period, and the measurement data that have been acquired throughout the first measurement period and the second measurement period are individually storable into the storage.

10. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a data eraser for erasing the measurement data stored in the storage, after the sleep apnea index is acquired by the vital information acquirer and the acquired sleep apnea index is stored in the storage.

11. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising a setting information setter for accepting setting information relating to operations of respective parts of the vital information measuring device to perform a setting relating to the setting information with respect to the respective parts of the vital information measuring device, wherein

the setting information setter classifies an area where the setting information is accepted for performing the setting at least into a first setting area where an access authorization process is required, and a second setting area where the access authorization process is not required in accepting the setting information.

12. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein

the non-measurement period includes a period when the vital information measuring device is detached from the living body.

13. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein

the non-measurement period includes a period of wakefulness.

14. The vital information measuring device according to claim 1, wherein

the non-measurement period includes a period of motion.