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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maki Ishigooka, Omagari, JP;
Yoshinori Fukuda, Akita, JP;
Assignee:
Tanita Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an edema measuring method comprising the steps of: putting at least two pairs of electrodes on different locations selected in the body; making an alternating current to flow in the body via one pair of electrodes; measuring voltage appearing between the other pair of electrodes; calculating impedance on the basis of the supplied alternating current and the measured voltage; and calculating an index value representing the degree of edema on the basis of the impedance. Also, an apparatus using the method is disclosed.