Omron Healthcare Company Ltd.

Omron Corporation

Kei Asai

Makoto Tabata

Naoki Matsumoto

Kenji Hashino

Naoto Ohgami

Takao Terada

Yusuke Kato

Kentaro Mori

Takanobu Yamauchi

Masayuki Esaki

Hirohito Yamamoto

Masao Maeda

Shinichi Ito

Yusaku Sakoda

Shinya Tanaka

Yosuke Fujii

Chizu Habukawa

Katsumi Murakami

Masashi Osuga

Masato Arai

Shinichi Itoh

Toshiji Takahashi

Masaru Obata

Kuniaki Matsuura

Toshiro Furusawa

There is provided a wheeze detection apparatus including: a sound measurer configured to measure a pulmonary sound of a measurement subject; a respiratory sound volume deriver configured to derive a respiratory sound volume of the measurement subject based on the sound measured by the sound measurer; and a wheeze detector configured to extract a maximum point from an intensity distribution for each frequency of the sound and to detect wheeze based on information on the maximum point. The wheeze detector sets, in a case where the respiratory sound volume is outside a predetermined range, detection sensitivity of the wheeze to a higher value than the detection sensitivity in a case where the respiratory sound volume is within the range.

Wheeze detection apparatus, wheeze detection method, and wheeze detection program

There is provided a biological sound measuring device that has a member which defines a space to be sealed by a body surface of a living body in a state of being pressed against the body surface, and that measures a biological sound of the living body based on pressure fluctuation in the space. The device includes: a sound generator that generates a sound toward the body surface; a sound measurer that measures a reflected sound of the sound generated by the sound generator; and a controller that determines whether or not a contact state or a contact position of the member with respect to the body surface satisfies a condition necessary for measurement of the biological sound, based on the reflected sound measured by the sound measurer, and that performs notification when it is determined that the condition is not satisfied.

Biological sound measuring device, biological sound measurement support method, and biological sound measurement support program

There is provided a wheezing detection device, including: a wheezing determiner that performs processing of determining whether wheezing is included in the pulmonary sound of the subject, based on the signal of the pulmonary sound that is measured by a sound measurer after an instruction for starting wheezing detection processing is issued; and a controller that ends measurement of the signal of the pulmonary sound performed by the sound measurer and reports a result of the processing, in a case where an elapsed time period from a measurement start time point of the signal, which is firstly measured by the sound measurer after the instruction is issued, reaches a predetermined time period set in advance, or in a case where it is determined by the wheezing determiner that wheezing is included in the pulmonary sound of the subject.

Wheezing detection device and wheezing detection program

There is provided a biological sound measuring device, including: a main body including: a first sound measuring instrument, a housing that has an opening, a second sound measuring instrument, and a controller that causes a sound generator to generate a sound in a state where the opening in the housing is not closed, that determines whether or not a relationship between a measurement sensitivity of the first sound measuring instrument and a measurement sensitivity of the second sound measuring instrument satisfies a condition set in advance, and that when it is determined that the relationship does not satisfy the condition, notifies that it is unable to ensure measurement accuracy of biological sound or adjusts the measurement sensitivity of one or both of the first sound measuring instrument and the second sound measuring instrument.

Biological sound measuring device, method for operating biological sound measuring device, and program for operating biological sound measuring device

There is provided a biological sound measuring device that, in a contact state of being in contact with a body surface of a living body, measures a biological sound of the living body, the biological sound measuring device including: a first sound measuring instrument that is configured to measure the biological sound; a second sound measuring instrument that is configured to measure an ambient sound of the biological sound measuring device; and a controller that determines measurement accuracy of the biological sound in the first sound measuring instrument based on a difference in intensity at a predetermined specified frequency between a first sound measured by the first sound measuring instrument and a second sound measured by the second sound measuring instrument, and that performs notification when the measurement accuracy is less than a predetermined value.

With a nebulizer mesh selection method it is possible to achieve optimal treatment which fits a medicine and a patient. A nebulizer mesh selection method includes a step of acquiring a medicine attribute, by a computer, a step of acquiring a patient breathing ability, a step of selecting a mesh that corresponds to the acquired medicine attribute and patient breathing ability based on a mesh selection table in which a predetermined mesh corresponds to a combination of a medicine attribute and a patient breathing ability, and a step of outputting the selected mesh.

Nebulizer mesh selection method, apparatus, and program

A wheezing detection apparatus includes a breathing sound detection unit that detects a breathing sound of a measurement subject and acquires a breathing sound signal in a time series expressing the breathing sound. The wheezing detection apparatus includes a determination processing unit that, in each pre-determined processing unit period, converts the breathing sound signal into a frequency space to acquire a frequency spectrum of the breathing sound, and based on a height and a width of a peak in the frequency spectrum, determines whether or not the peak indicates wheezing.

Wheezing detection apparatus

A nebulizer includes a main body unit, an atomization unit, and a breath detection unit, which is a function unit for realizing an additional function of the nebulizer. The main body unit and the atomization unit are separable. The atomization unit includes a storage section for storing the medicinal solution, and an atomizing section for spraying the medicinal solution by atomizing the medicinal solution in the storage section. The main body unit includes a control circuit for performing control to operate the atomizing section. The breath detection unit is attachable between the main body unit and the atomization unit.

Nebulizers and function units attachable to nebulizer

In a thin plate member washing apparatus, when a rotary arm member supporting a mesh member holding portion is rotated using a rotary handle, tap water flows over the surface of a mesh member, and medicinal fluid residue deposited on the mesh member is removed.

Thin plate member washing apparatus

A nebulizer includes a nebulizer body a relay pipe. The nebulizer body includes a connection portion that has an aerosol lead-out port to lead out aerosol, and the relay pipe includes a connection portion that has an aerosol introduction port to introduce the aerosol. The nebulizer body the relay pipe can take a first connection state in which the relay pipe detachably connected to the nebulizer body and a second connection state in which the relay pipe is connected to the nebulizer body so as to be not able to be detached from the nebulizer body. In the first connection state, the aerosol introduction port and the aerosol lead-out port are communicated with each other. In the second connection state, the aerosol lead-out port is blocked by a blocking portion provided in the relay pipe. Therefore, the nebulizer in which reuse of the nebulizer body or relay pipe is simply prohibited after the usage can be provided by the configuration.

Nebulizer and inhalation aid used therefor

An ampoule for containing a specified amount of liquid inside to be used for a liquid atomizer has a tubular main body having an open front part including an outlet at one end and an open back part at an opposite end. A piston is inserted into the main body from the open front part in an airtight manner and is slidable axially inside the main body. Another piston is inserted into the main body from the open back part in an airtight manner so as to be slidable axially inside the main body. The two pistons form a reservoir in between for storing a liquid. The forwardly located piston has a weakened part on the side that faces the reservoir. As a sharp member extending from the other piston penetrates this weakened, the reservoir and the outlet become connected and the liquid inside the reservoir is discharged.

Ampoules for liquid atomizer

A liquid atomizer includes a main body and an ampoule holder detachably attached to the main body for holding ampoules in an annular formation. The main body has an atomizing part for atomizing the liquid discharged from outlets of the ampoules. The outlet of each of these ampoules can be disposed proximal to the atomizing part by moving the ampoules around the annular formation. Positioning devices are between the main body and the ampoule holder for positioning the ampoule holder properly with respect to the main body. The ampoule holder holds the ampoules such that each of the ampoules can move between an advanced position and a retracted position. The outlet of each ampoule moves into the atomizing part when the ampoule moves to the advanced position. The ampoule holder is able to undergo a rotary motion with respect to the main body when each of the ampoules is at the retracted position.

Liquid atomizer

A bush () is fitted into a housing () and an ultrasonic pump () is supported liquid tightly by the bush (). The ultrasonic pump () is constituted by a pump shaft () formed to include a pump bore () passing through it axially and having upper and lower ends which are open, and an ultrasonic vibrator () mounted on the pump shaft () in the vicinity of the midpoint thereof in terms of the axial direction. A liquid vessel.() is mounted in the housing () in a freely attachable and detachable manner, and the lower end portion of the pump shaft () is received inside the liquid vessel (). A cap () is freely detachably attached to the upper end portion of the housing () so as to cover the upper end portion of the pump shaft (). The top side of the cap () is provided with a spray port (), and a step portion () is formed for supporting a mesh plate () at the periphery thereof at a position below the spray port (). A compression spring () is provided between a portion of the top side of the cap and the mesh plate. The mesh plate () is formed to have a multiplicity of minute holes () and is held in pressured contact with the upper end face of the pump shaft () by the compression spring ().

Ultrasonic atomizer, ultrasonic inhaler and method of controlling same

A bottle unit () of a liquid atomizing apparatus is provided with: a bottle section () reserving a chemical liquid (L); a horn oscillating member () to whose a distal end the liquid (L) in the bottle section () is fed; and a mesh member () having a number of fine pores (), and mounted to an end surface of the distal end () of the horn oscillating member () in contact therewith. The bottle section () is constituted of a large capacity section (B) and a small capacity section (b) in communication with the large capacity section (B) through an opening (), and opposing to the distal end () of the horn oscillating member (). The small capacity section (b) is formed such that the liquid (L') therein is in contact with a point in the proximity of the contact section between the distal end () of the horn oscillating member () and the mesh member (). With such a construction adopted, there can be provided a liquid atomizing apparatus that is obtained at a low cost with not only increased reliability but enhanced durability, and whose operations such as maintenance can be performed with simplicity and convenience without a necessity for a special liquid feed means.

Liquid spray device

A bush ( ) is fitted into a housing ( ) and an ultrasonic pump ( ) is supported liquid tightly by the bush ( ). The ultrasonic pump ( ) is constituted by a pump shaft ( ) formed to include a pump bore ( ) passing through it axially and having upper and lower ends which are open, and an ultrasonic vibrator ( ) mounted on the pump shaft ( ) in the vicinity of the midpoint thereof in terms of the axial direction. A liquid vessel ( ) is mounted in the housing ( ) in a freely attachable and detachable manner, and the lower end portion of the pump shaft ( ) is received inside the liquid vessel ( ). A cap ( ) is freely detachably attached to the upper end portion of the housing ( ) so as to cover the upper end portion of the pump shaft ( ). The top side of the cap ( ) is provided with a spray port ( ), and a step portion ( ) is formed for supporting a mesh plate ( ) at the periphery thereof at a position below the spray port ( ). A compression spring ( ) is provided between a portion of the top side of the cap and the mesh plate. The mesh plate ( ) is formed to have a multiplicity of minute holes ( ) and is held in pressured contact with the upper end face of the pump shaft ( ) by the compression spring ( ).

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