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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomohiro Nunome, Komaki, JP;
Assignee:
Colin Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of a superior limb or an inferior limb of a living subject, including a blood-pressure measuring device which includes a measuring member adapted to be worn on a measurement portion of the superior or inferior limbs and measures a blood pressure of the measurement portion, and a pressing device which includes a pressing member adapted to be worn on the measurement portion or a distal portion of the subject relative to the measurement portion, and which presses the pressed portion with a prescribed blood-flow promoting force that is lower than a systolic blood pressure of the subject.