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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
Yohsuke Kinouchi, Tokushima, JP;
Hitoshi Hirano, Nagoya, JP;
Yohsuke Kinouchi, Tokushima, JP;
Hitoshi Hirano, Nagoya, JP;
Unex Corporation, Nagoya, JP;
The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
A blood-vessel-shape measuring apparatus that can accurately measures a shape of a section of a blood vessel is provided. A blood-vessel-shape calculating meanscalculates, based on respective echo signals detected by first and second arraysthat are placed on a skinof a brachial portionas a portion of a living being such that each of the first and second arraysis across a brachial arterylocated under the skin, respective positions of respective portions of the arterial wall that are located right below the first and second arraysand correspond to supersonic-wave elementsof the first arrayand supersonic-wave elementsof the second array, and calculates, based on the respective positions of the respective portions of the arterial wall that correspond to the supersonic-wave elements, a shape of the brachial arteryon an orthogonal section thereof. Thus, even if the brachial arterymay run, under the skin, in a direction that is not orthogonal to the first or second arrayor is not parallel to the skin, an accurate sectional shape of the brachial arterycan be obtained.