Blood pressure monitor
US6827688B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0225
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A blood pressure monitor including a cuff, a pressure sensor which detects a pressure in the cuff, a pressure regulating device which increases the pressure of the cuff, a pulse-amplitude determining device for determining an amplitude of each of pulses of a pulse wave which are produced in the cuff and detected by the pressure sensor while the cuff pressure is increased, a candidate determining device for determining, as a diastolic BP candidate, a pressure of the cuff which is detected by the pressure sensor and which corresponds to an amplitude of a first pulse of the pulses determined by the pulse-amplitude determining device, by judging whether the amplitude of the first pulse is not greater than a reference value which is smaller than an amplitude of at least one second pulse of the pulses, by a predetermined proportion of the amplitude of the second pulse, the amplitude of the second pulse being determined by the pulse-amplitude determining device after the amplitude of the first pulse is determined, and a BP determining device for determining, as a monitor diastolic BP value, the cuff pressure corresponding to the amplitude of the first pulse, when the candidate determining…
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