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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Toshimasa Sakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Karasuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Orito, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Sakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Karasuno, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Orito, Tokyo, JP;
ITO Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A living body measurement apparatus according to the present invention functions both as a muscular tissue hardness tester for measuring hardness of muscular tissue of a living body and as an algesiometer for measuring a degree of sense of pain of the living body, and the apparatus includes: an contacting section which includes a first contact surface contacting the living body, and which applies pressure to the living body; an auxiliary section which includes a second contact surface contacting the living body, and which supports the second contact surface so that the second contact surface perform reciprocating movement between a coplanar position in which the second contact surface is disposed substantially coplanar with the first contact surface and a retracted position in which the second contact surface is retracted with respect to the first contact surface; and a locking mechanism which locks the auxiliary section in a state in which the second contact surface is disposed at the retracted position.