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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
May. 16, 1991
Hiroshi Sakai, Komaki, JP;
Colin Electronics Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a state of peripheral blood circulation of a subject, including a transmission type blood oxygen saturation measuring device emitting a plurality of lights having different wavelengths toward a subject, producing a photoelectric pulse wave signal indicative of intensity of each of the lights transmitted through the subject, and determining a first blood oxygen saturation by using the pulse wave signals corresponding to the transmitted lights; a reflection type blood oxygen saturation measuring device emitting a plurality of lights having different wavelengths toward the subject, producing a photoelectric pulse wave signal indicative of intensity of each of the lights reflected from the subject, and determining a second blood oxygen saturation by using the pulse wave signals corresponding to the reflected lights; and a determining device determining a state of peripheral blood circulation of the subject by utilizing a difference between the first and second blood oxygen saturations.