Pulse diagnostic examination system and its instrument operation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016331246-A1
Application number	US-201514818880-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 5, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pulse diagnostic examination system and an instrument operation method thereof. The system may include a pulse touching and sensing unit, a pulse frequency sensing unit, a pressure feedback sensing unit, a blood flow rate sensing unit, a carpi radial artery sensing and detecting unit, a data base unit and a data processing unit. The pulse touching and sensing unit is placed on nine touching and sensing points corresponding to cun, guan and chi of the arm of the human. The pulse touching and sensing unit may press and move along an artery vertically and horizontally corresponding to the nine points for detecting a pulse frequency, a downward-pressure feedback strength, a blood flow and a thickness of the artery. The result generated in the process may be compared with a pulse classification table for analyzing a corresponding pulse by the position, the strength, the frequency and the classification of the pulse for diagnose and treatment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A pulse diagnostic examination system, comprising:
a pulse touching and sensing unit, placed on an arm of a human corresponding to a direction of a blood flow, wherein the pulse touching and sensing unit is placed on nine touching and sensing points of the arm of the human, with three of the nine touching and sensing points corresponding to cun, other three of the nine touching and sensing points corresponding to guan, and the remaining three of the nine touching and sensing points corresponding to chi, the pulse touching and sensing unit is connected with a vertical movement mechanism and a horizontal movement mechanism, the vertical movement mechanism is configured for causing the pulse touching and sensing unit to press an artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points vertically, and the horizontal movement mechanism is configured for causing the pulse touching and sensing unit to move horizontally at the artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points; a pulse frequency sensing unit, disposed on the pulse touching and sensing unit, wherein the pulse frequency sensing unit is configured for detecting a pulse frequency of the nine touching and sensing points; a pressure feedback sensing unit, disposed on the pulse touching and sensing unit, wherein the pressure feedback sensing unit is configured for detecting a downward-pressure feedback strength of the nine touching and sensing points when the nine touching and sensing points receives a downward-pressure from the vertical movement mechanism by different strength; a blood flow rate sensing unit, disposed on the pulse touching and sensing unit, wherein the blood flow rate sensing unit is configured for detecting the blood flow of the artery when the horizontal movement mechanism moves horizontally at the artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points; a carpi radial artery sensing and detecting unit, disposed on the pulse touching and sensing unit, wherein the carpi radial artery sensing and detecting unit is configured for detecting a thickness of the artery when the horizontal movement mechanism moves horizontally at the artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points; a data base unit, having at least one pulse classification table in which a strength of the blood flow, a frequency of the pulse and a classification of the pulse are defined in advance; and a data processing unit, electrically connected with the vertical movement mechanism, the horizontal movement mechanism, the pulse frequency sensing unit, the pressure feedback sensing unit, the blood flow rate sensing unit and the data base unit, wherein the data processing unit is configured for comparing the pulse frequency detected from the nine touching and sensing points by the pulse frequency sensing unit, the downward-pressure feedback strength detected from the nine touching and sensing points by the pressure feedback sensing unit and the blood flow detected from the nine touching and sensing points by the blood flow rate sensing unit with the pulse classification table in the data base unit for determining the corresponding pulse.

2 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 1 , wherein the vertical movement mechanism is capable of determining a plurality of distances of the vertical and downward movement, and the data processing unit is capable of analyzing the pulse according to the distances of the vertical and downward movement, the downward-pressure feedback strength detected by the pressure feedback sensing unit and the pulse frequency detected by the pulse frequency sensing unit.

3 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 2 , wherein based on the downward-pressure feedback strength detected by the pressure feedback sensing unit, the pulse of each of the nine touching and sensing points is determined as having a pulse, having no pulse, a powerful pulse, or a powerless pulse so as to analyze the pulse.

4 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 2 , wherein based on the downward-pressure feedback strength detected by the pressure feedback sensing unit, which of the nine touching and sensing points having a pulse is determined, and the pulse is determined as a long pulse or a short pulse.

5 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 2 , wherein based on the pulse frequency detected by the pulse frequency sensing unit, the pulse is determined as regular or irregular so as to analyze the pulse.

6 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 1 , wherein the horizontal movement mechanism is capable of moving horizontally corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points for detecting the pulse based on the blood flow detected by the blood flow rate sensing unit and the thickness of the artery detected by the carpi radial artery sensing and detecting unit so as to analyze the pulse.

7 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 6 , wherein based on the blood flow detected by the blood flow rate sensing unit, the blood flow is determined as fluent or influent so as to analyze the pulse.

8 . The pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 6 , wherein based on the thickness of the artery detected by the carpi radial artery sensing and detecting unit moving along the artery horizontally, the pulse is determined as a thick pulse or a thin pulse so as to analyze the pulse.

9 . An instrument operation method of a pulse diagnostic examination system, comprising:
placing a pulse touching and sensing unit on an arm of a human corresponding to a direction of a blood flow, and placing the pulse touching and sensing unit on nine touching and sensing points of the arm of the human, wherein three of the nine touching and sensing points correspond to cun, other three of the nine touching and sensing points correspond to guan, and the remaining three of the nine touching and sensing points correspond to chi; moving the pulse touching and sensing unit by a vertical movement mechanism and a horizontal movement mechanism, such that the pulse touching and sensing unit presses an artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points vertically with different pressures and the pulse touching and sensing unit moves horizontally at the artery corresponding to the nine touching and sensing points; obtaining a pulse frequency, a downward-pressure feedback strength, the blood flow of an artery and a thickness of the artery by a plurality of sensing units disposed on the pulse touching and sensing unit; comparing the pulse frequency, the downward-pressure feedback strength, the blood flow of an artery and the thickness of the artery with a built in pulse classification table for analyzing a corresponding pulse.

10 . The instrument operation method of a pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 9 , wherein based on the downward-pressure feedback strength, the pulse of each of the nine touching and sensing points is determined as having a pulse, having no pulse, a powerful pulse, or a powerless pulse so as to analyze the pulse.

11 . The instrument operation method of a pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 9 , wherein based on the downward-pressure feedback strength, which of the nine touching and sensing points having a pulse is determined, and the pulse is determined as a long pulse or a short pulse.

12 . The instrument operation method of a pulse diagnostic examination system according to claim 9 , wherein based on the pulse frequency, the pulse is determined as regular or irregular so as to analyze the pulse.

13 . The

Assignees

• Nat Univ Tsing Hua

Inventors

• Chen Swe-Kai

Classifications

• A61B5/026

  Measuring blood flow {(A61B3/1233, A61B3/1241 take precedence)} · CPC title

• A61B5/024 Primary

  Measuring pulse rate or heart rate · CPC title

• A61B5/4854

  Diagnosis based on concepts of alternative medicine, e.g. homeopathy or non-orthodox · CPC title

• A61B5/02007

  Evaluating blood vessel condition, e.g. elasticity, compliance · CPC title