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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Toshimasa Sakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Karasuno, Koriyama, JP;
Hisashi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Orito, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Sakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Karasuno, Koriyama, JP;
Hisashi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Orito, Tokyo, JP;
Ito Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A muscle hardness meter according to the present invention, which measures the hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, includes: an auxiliary part which touches a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measure so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which touches the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which measures pressures that the touching part and the auxiliary part sustain, respectively, from the section to be measured and the periphery, and outputs a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures a pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measure, and outputs a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result teaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a time when it is determined that the first measurement result reaches the reference value.