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Pressure pulse wave transmitting sheet used with pressure pulse wave sensor

US5269312A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1992
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/02233
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pressure pulse wave transmitting sheet for being interposed between a skin surface of a living subject such as a patient and a pressure pulse wave sensor set on the skin surface in pressed contact therewith, the sensor having a press surface in which at least one pressure sensing element is provided and which is pressed against the skin surface so that the at least one pressure sensing element detects a pressure pulse wave transmitted from an artery of the subject underlying the skin surface, to the press surface via the sheet, the sheet being formed of an elastic material having a hardness substantially equal to a hardness of human being's skin.

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