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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2000
Tomohiro Onda, Tochigi, JP;
Masaki Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Maki, Tochigi, JP;
Toru Yamaguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Mitsuhiro Katashima, Tochigi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kimura, Tochigi, JP;
Tomohiro Onda, Tochigi, JP;
Masaki Fukuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Maki, Tochigi, JP;
Toru Yamaguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Mitsuhiro Katashima, Tochigi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kimura, Tochigi, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Two current electrodesandare arranged on a circumference of a subject, a distance between the two current electrodes being sufficiently shorter than a circumferential length of the subject. A current sourcepasses a current between the two current electrodes. A measuring electrodeis arranged adjacent to one of the two current electrodesand. A measuring electrodeis arranged substantially opposite to the two current electrodesandacross the subject. A voltmetermeasures a voltage generated between the measuring electrodesand. A body fat computing unitcomputes the quantity of subcutaneous fatof the subjectaccording to the voltage measured with the voltmeter