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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Toshio Tsuji, Hiroshima, JP;

Masao Yoshizumi, Hiroshima, JP;

Yukihito Higashi, Hiroshima, JP;

Masashi Kawamoto, Hiroshima, JP;

Hideo Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;

Teiji Ukawa, Tokyo, JP;

Tsuneo Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toshio Tsuji, Hiroshima, JP;

Masao Yoshizumi, Hiroshima, JP;

Yukihito Higashi, Hiroshima, JP;

Masashi Kawamoto, Hiroshima, JP;

Hideo Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;

Teiji Ukawa, Tokyo, JP;

Tsuneo Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:

NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Hiroshima, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for evaluating a vascular endothelial function using a first cuff that occludes an artery of a patient, measuring pulse waves from pressure of a second cuff at a different position than the first cuff, and evaluating the vascular endothelial function using the pulse waves.


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