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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiro Yokozeki, Komaki, JP;
Assignee:
Colin Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating a degree of hardness of an artery of a living subject, including a blood-flow stopping device which stops a flow of blood through a first portion of the subject, and a blood-amount detecting device which is adapted to be worn on a second portion of the subject that is located on a downstream side of the first portion and which produces a blood-amount signal representing an amount of blood present in the second portion.