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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Kiyoyuki Narimatsu, Komaki, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyoyuki Narimatsu, Komaki, JP;
Assignee:
Colin Medical Technology Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B005/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a characteristic point of a pulse wave detected from a living subject, the apparatus including a pulse-wave detecting device which detects a first pulse wave from a prescribed portion of the subject, a pulse-wave modifying device for modifying a waveform of the first pulse wave detected by the pulse-wave detecting device, according to a predetermined relationship between first pulse wave, and second pulse wave whose characteristic point is clear, and a characteristic-point determining device for determining a characteristic point of the modified waveform of the first pulse wave.