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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2012
Hiroshima University, Tokyo, JP;
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Tsuji, Higashi-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;
Haruka Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Kubo, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, JP;
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for evaluating a vascular endothelial function, includes: a cuff pressure controlling unit configured to perform continuous pressure stimulation on a part of a body of a subject for a predetermined time, by using a cuff adapted to be wrapped around the part of the body of the subject; a cuff pressure detecting unit configured to detect a cuff pressure from an output of a pressure sensor connected to the cuff; a pulse wave detecting unit configured to detect a pulse wave from the output of the pressure sensor; and an analyzing unit configured to evaluate the vascular endothelial function by comparing vessel viscoelastic indexes which are obtained from the pulse wave detected in two of zones before, during, and after the pressure stimulation, and which exclude an amplitude of the pulse wave.