Blood pressure information measurement device and blood pressure information measurement method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532720-B2
Application number	US-201313852132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Priority date	Sep 28, 2010
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A CPU acquires factor information for a degree of arteriosclerosis, stores a plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms, generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the plurality of pseudo blood flow waveforms based on the factor information, decomposes a pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform, and calculates an index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A blood pressure information measurement device for calculating an index of a degree of arteriosclerosis of a measurement subject as blood pressure information, comprising:
a detection member comprising a plurality of pressure sensors;
a central processing unit that detects a pulse waveform by bringing the detection member into contact with an exterior of a measurement site of the measurement subject, wherein the central processing unit:
acquires factor information for the degree of arteriosclerosis;
converts the factor information to a coefficient α, the coefficient α being a function of the factor information;
stores a first reference waveform and a second reference waveform;
generates a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the first reference waveform and the second reference waveform using the coefficient α;
decomposes the pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform; and
calculates the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform; and

a display that displays the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis.

2. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the factor information is at least one from the group consisting of: an augmentation index (A1) value, a difference between times of appearances of the ejected wave and the reflected wave, and a difference between times of peaks of the ejected wave and the reflected wave calculated from the pulse waveform.

3. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection member comprises a first air bladder for compressing a measurement site and a second air bladder for compressing a measurement site located on the distal side of the first air bladder, and
wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform based on changes in an internal pressure of the first air bladder while blood flow is restricted using the second air bladder.

4. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the factor information comprises an age of the measurement subject.

5. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a brachial artery.

6. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a radial artery.

7. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a carotid artery.

8. A method for calculating an index of a degree of arteriosclerosis of a measurement subject as blood pressure information in a blood pressure information measurement device, comprising:
detecting a pulse waveform by bringing a detection member comprising a plurality of pressure sensors into contact with an exterior of a measurement site of the measurement subject;
acquiring factor information for the degree of arteriosclerosis;
converting the factor information to a coefficient α, the coefficient α being a function of the factor information;
storing a first reference waveform and a second reference waveform;
generating a waveform estimated as a blood flow waveform by compositing the first reference waveform and the second reference waveform using the coefficient α;
decomposing the pulse waveform into waveforms of an ejected wave and a reflected wave using the pulse waveform and the waveform estimated as the blood flow waveform;
calculating the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis from a relationship between the ejected wave and the reflected wave obtained by decomposing the pulse waveform; and
displaying the index of the degree of arteriosclerosis.

9. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the detection member comprises a first air bladder for compressing a measurement site and a second air bladder for compressing a measurement site located on the distal side of the first air bladder, and
wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform based on changes in an internal pressure of the first air bladder while blood flow is restricted using the second air bladder.

10. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein the factor information comprises an age of the measurement subject.

11. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a brachial artery.

12. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a radial artery.

13. The blood pressure information measurement device according to claim 2 , wherein the central processing unit detects the pulse waveform by detecting a pressure waveform measured in a carotid artery.

Assignees

• Omron Healthcare Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Kenji
• Kobayashi Tatsuya

Classifications

• A61B5/7278

  Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesizing signals from measured signals · CPC title

• A61B5/022

  by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers · CPC title

• A61B5/02233

  Occluders specially adapted therefor (tourniquets A61B17/132) · CPC title

• A61B5/02225

  using the oscillometric method · CPC title

• A61B5/02007 Primary

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