HEALTH MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE ADVISING DEVICE

• US 20110106553A1
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Inventors: Sato, Tetsuya, Tanaka, Koichi, Tseng, Feilang
• Granted Patent: US 8,538,772 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0537 Measuring body composition by impedance, e.g. tissue hydration or fat content
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4869 Determining body composition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A health management guideline advising device includes input means for inputting personal information of a measuring subject; measurement means for measuring weight and body impedance of the measuring subject; estimation means for estimating a body composition distribution of the measuring subject from the inputted personal information and the measurement result by the measurement means; storage means for storing the measurement result by the measurement means and an estimation result by the estimation means with a measurement date and time, prediction means for predicting future weight fluctuation from the stored weight and the body composition distribution; and display means for displaying the predicted future weight fluctuation. Furthermore, target setting means for setting a weight reduction target and determination means for determining whether or not the weight reduction target can be achieved based on the prediction result by the prediction means are preferably arranged.

Claims

1. A health management guideline advising device comprising:

personal information input means for inputting personal information including at least sex and age of a measuring subject;

measurement value input means for inputting weight and body impedance of the measuring subject;

estimation means for estimating a body composition amount of the measuring subject from the inputted personal information and the measurement value;

prediction means for predicting future weight fluctuation from the weight and assumed future body composition amount, assuming fluctuation in future body composition amount; and

display means for displaying the predicted future weight fluctuation.

2. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 1, further comprising measurement means for measuring the weight and the body impedance of the measuring subject.

3. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 2, further comprising:

storage means for storing a measurement result by the measurement means and an estimation result by the estimation means with a measurement date and time;

wherein

the prediction means predicts the future weight fluctuation by performing a correction corresponding to change in the stored body composition amount on the weight fluctuation predicted based on change of the stored weight.

4. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 3, further comprising;

target setting means for setting a weight reduction target value and a weight reduction period; and

target fluctuation calculation means for calculating the target of the weight fluctuation in the weight reduction period so that the weight reducing pace slows down with elapse of time, assuming predetermined change of the body composition amount;

wherein

the prediction means predicts the future weight fluctuation by performing a correction corresponding to a difference between the change of the stored body composition amount and the change of the assumed body composition amount on the weight fluctuation predicted based on the change of the stored weight and the target of the weight fluctuation.

5. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 1, wherein the body composition amount estimated by the estimation means is a skeletal muscle mass.

6. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 1, wherein the body composition amount estimated by the estimation means is a basal metabolic rate.

7. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 1, further comprising:

target setting means for setting a weight reduction target value and a weight reduction period; and

determination means for determining whether or not the weight reduction target is achievable based on the prediction result by the prediction means.

8. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 7, further comprising:

target setting determination means for determining whether or not the weight reduction target value or the weight reduction period is appropriate; and

means for outputting a warning when the target setting determination means determines that the weight reduction target value or the weight reduction period is inappropriate.

9. The health management guideline advising device according to claim 7, wherein when determined that the weight reduction target is not achievable by the determination means, the display means displays an advice to satisfy the weight reduction target.