Garment for bioinformation measurement having electrode, bioinformation measurement system and bioinformation measurement device, and device control method

• US 9,414,785 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nihon Kohden Corporation
• Inventors: Nagata, Shinya, Nagai, Ryuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Gedeon, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US14/682,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20150223756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0215 Silver or silver chloride containing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/316 Modalities, i.e. specific diagnostic methods
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/333 Recording apparatus specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/339 Displays specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/35 by template matching
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/352 Detecting R peaks, e.g. for synchronising diagnostic apparatus; Estimating R-R interval
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7203 for noise prevention, reduction or removal
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence

Abstract

One embodiment provides a garment for measuring biological information, a measurement system, a measurement device and a method of controlling thereof capable of measuring biological information with accuracy regardless of variations of each examinee. When an examinee wears a shirt, four limb electrodes are arranged at positions so that the electrodes cover the body surface other than around the clavicle. At that time, the four limb electrodes are assigned to positions so that they cover about the pelvis. Also, during the use of the shirt, chest electrodes cover from the body surface (around lower part of left side of the body) of a presternal region around the left thorax in a perpendicular direction of the body axis (a direction perpendicular to the length of the shirt) and the electrodes are assigned so as to cover from the body surface around the fourth rib to that around the sixth rib.

Claims

1. A respiratory information analysis device comprising:

a memory; and

a CPU, the CPU adapted to;

acquire electrical information delivered from a plurality of respiratory information measuring sensors arranged on a garment adapted to measure biological information;

compare a plurality of amplitudes of the acquired electric information;

select respiratory information measuring sensors that are detecting a larger amplitude as electric information for an output of respiratory information in accordance with the comparison;

judge a variation cycle of the electric information detected with the selected respiratory information measuring sensors and analyze respiratory information in accordance with the variation cycle; and

output respiratory information data in accordance with the analyzed respiratory information.

2. The respiratory information analysis system of claim 1, further comprising acquiring information on a variation cycle of the electric information and information on an R-wave height cycle related to a variation cycle of R-wave height information of a cardiogram based on electric potentials delivered from chest lead electrodes;

and selecting cycle information of either one based on an amplitude and analyzing respiratory information in accordance with the selected cycle information.

3. The respiratory information analysis system of claim 2, further comprising acquiring information on amplitude of the electric information and information on R-wave height amplitude related to amplitude of the R-wave height information and selecting one of the electric information and the R-wave height information in accordance with a comparison of the amplitudes of the electric information and the R-wave height information and analyzing respiratory information in accordance with the selected cycle information.

4. The respiratory information analysis system of claim 2, further comprising displaying one of a position of the chest lead electrodes and a position of the respiratory information measuring sensor detecting the selected information correspondingly with one of a diagram of the biological information measuring garment and a diagram of the examinee'"'"'s body.

5. A method of controlling a respiratory information analysis device comprising:

acquiring electric information delivered from a plurality of respiratory information measuring sensors capable of acquiring electric information based on a variation of electric potential, the sensors including a conductive material adapted to vary its electrical resistance according to a variation of a constitution of an examinee through breathing thereof under a turning-on-electricity state;

comparing a plurality of amplitudes of the acquired electric potential information;

selecting respiratory information measuring sensors that are detecting a larger amplitude as electric information for an output of respiratory information in accordance with the comparison; and

outputting respiratory information data in accordance with the analyzed respiratory information.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media having stored thereon instructions, that when executed, perform a method for controlling a respiratory information analysis device comprising:

acquiring electric information delivered from a plurality of respiratory information measuring sensors capable of acquiring electric information based on a variation of electric potential, the sensors including a conductive material adapted to vary its electrical resistance according to a variation of a constitution of an examinee through breathing thereof under a turning-on-electricity state;

comparing a plurality of amplitudes of the acquired electric potential information;

selecting respiratory information measuring sensors that are detecting a larger amplitude as electric information for an output of respiratory information in accordance with the comparison; and

outputting respiratory information data in accordance with the analyzed respiratory information.