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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2001
Applicants:

Hiroyuki Kato, Kyoto, JP;

Takahide Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshihiko Sano, Kyoto, JP;

Shojiro Oku, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Kato, Kyoto, JP;

Takahide Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;

Yoshihiko Sano, Kyoto, JP;

Shojiro Oku, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B005/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Blood pressure measurement is precisely performed by more correctly determining positions of a cuff and a heart without being affected by variations in physical features among subject persons and their postures during the measurement. With the technique of the present invention, there are calculated the altitudes of the cuff and the heart on the basis of an inputted upper arm length and forearm length of a subject person and forearm angles detected in the pitch direction and roll direction. Also, in addition to a forearm angle detecting means, an upper arm angle detecting means is provided and the altitudes of the cuff and the heart are calculated on the basis of detected angles of a forearm and an upper arm. Also, a biaxial angle detecting means detects angles of the forearm in the pitch direction and the roll direction and calculates the altitudes of the cuff and the heart on the basis of these detected values.


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