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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Teiji Ukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuneo Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruka Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushi Hyogo, Tokyo, JP;
Teiji Ukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuneo Takayanagi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruka Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Adachi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsushi Hyogo, Tokyo, JP;
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A non-invasive venous pressure measurement apparatus is provided, including: a first cuff attached to a portion including a vein and an artery in a living body; a pressure control unit that changes a first applied pressure applied by the cuff to the portion; a pulse wave detection unit that detects a pulse wave from a pressure received by the cuff from the portion; another pulse wave detection unit that detects another pulse wave including at least an arterial pulse wave in another portion of the living body; an analyzing unit that analyzes a correlation between the two pulse waves, which are changed as the applied pressure is changed by the pressure control unit changes; and a venous pressure calculation unit that calculates a venous pressure based on the applied pressure and a result of analysis by the analyzing unit.