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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroaki Fukuda, Gurgaon, IN;
Tatsuya Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshie Terazono, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0537 (2013.01); A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01);
Abstract
A body fat measurement apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a current-applying electrode pair including two electrodes for applying a current, and a voltage-measuring electrode pair including two electrodes for measuring a voltage. The current-applying electrode pair is provided in such a way that a line which joins the two current-applying electrodes is inclined with respect to a trunk axis of a body to be measured. The voltage-measuring electrode pair is provided between the two current-applying electrodes.