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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Hajime Kurosawa, Sendai, JP;
Yoshio Shimizu, Sendai, JP;
Toshiaki Hoki, Tokyo, JP;
Chest M.I. Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd., Sendai-shi, Miyagi, JP;
Abstract
Continuous measurement of breathing impedance with extremely high precision is enabled by executing noise elimination. A loudspeaker applies an air vibration pressure by an oscillation wave to an oral cavity, the oscillation wave being obtained by frequency-cuffing so executed that the oscillation wave has only the frequency component that is left after the culling is executed from a plurality of different frequencies and being generated by a pulse signal for pulse drive with pulses made positive and negative separately in correspondence to the time of exhalation and the time of inhalation. A pressure inside the oral cavity is detected and a breathing flow is detected, and a signal obtained by the detection is Fourier-transformed to obtain a spectrum. Analysis of the spectrum is performed to obtain breathing impedance.