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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6482164 | Automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus An apparatus for automatically measuring a blood pressure of a female subject, including a blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inflatable cuff adapted to apply a pressing force to a body portion of the subject and automatically measures, by ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6334849 | Heart-function monitor apparatus An apparatus for monitoring a function of the heart of a person, including a pre-ejection period measuring device which non-invasively measures a pre-ejection period, an ejection-period measuring device which non-invasively measures an ejection period, an... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6027453 | Blood pressure monitoring apparatus and method An apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure of a living subject, including: a first judging device for judging whether a physical parameter which is obtained from the subject and which changes in relation with the blood pressure of the subject falls with... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5980571 | Substitute-heart control apparatus A substitute-heart control apparatus for controlling a substitute heart provided in a living body, including an information obtaining device which non-invasively obtains, from the living body, physical information relating to blood circulation in the livi... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5964713 | Anesthetic depth measuring apparatus From a fluctuation of pulse periods of a subject continuously measured by a pulse period measuring device, a first pulse period fluctuation signal HFCRR which corresponds to a first pulse period fluctuation component produced in substantial syn... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5871450 | Anesthetic depth measuring apparatus From a fluctuation of pulse periods of a subject continuously measured by a pulse period measuring device, a first pulse period fluctuation signal HFCRR which corresponds to a first pulse period fluctuation component produced in substantial syn... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5729203 | Emergency call system A host monitor device 26 disposed in an emergency call center 12 displays, on an image display 82 thereof, an ID code identifying a subscriber 20, a symbol representing an emergency call from the subscriber 20, a symbol indicating that a portable transmit... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5697376 | Physical information collection system A physical-information collecting system for collecting physical information of living subjects, including a registering device which registers sets of identification data each of which identifies a corresponding one of the living subjects; a card reading... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5682898 | Respiration rate measuring apparatus An apparatus is provided for measuring a respiration rate of a living subject, including a pulse rate measuring device which iteratively determines a pulse rate of the subject based on a pulse wave continuously produced from a peripheral portion of the su... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5680869 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus A blood pressure (BP) measuring apparatus including a first device for storing a set of BP data representing at least one BP value measured in a measuring operation, and a date and a time when the measuring operation is effected, thereby storing sets of B... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5660182 | Inflatable cuff used for blood pressure measurement and automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus including inflatable cuff An inflatable cuff for pressing a body portion of a living subject by being wound and inflated around the body portion, in measuring a blood pressure of the subject, the cuff having (a) a first group of graduations provided on a major surface of the cuff,... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5653241 | Blood-pressure monitor apparatus A blood pressure monitor apparatus for monitoring a blood pressure of a living subject, including a blood-pressure measuring device which includes an inflatable cuff adapted to be wound around a body portion of a living subject and measures a blood pressu... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5617868 | Pulse wave detecting apparatus An apparatus for detecting a pressure pulse wave produced from an arterial vessel of a living subject, including a pulse wave sensor including at least one pressure sensing element and having a press surface in which the pressure sensing element is provid... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5595180 | Method and apparatus for winding cuff in blood pressure measurement A method and apparatus for winding a cuff having an inflatable chamber around a body portion of a living subject, in measuring a blood pressure of the subject, the method including the steps of positioning the cuff and the body portion of the subject rela... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5560365 | Inflatable cuff for use in blood pressure measurement An inflatable cuff for pressing a body portion of a living subject by being wound and inflated around the body portion, in measuring a blood pressure of the subject by detecting a Korotkoff sound produced from an arterial vessel of the body portion presse... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5560366 | Oscillometric blood pressure measuring apparatus An oscillometric blood pressure measuring apparatus, including an inflatable cuff adapted to be wound around a body portion of a living subject, an oscillometric blood pressure measuring device which supplies a fluid pressure to the cuff to press the body... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5497779 | Pulse wave detecting apparatus A pulse wave detecting apparatus including a pulse wave sensor having a press surface and including at least one array of pressure sensing elements provided in the press surface; a pressing device which produces a pressing force to press the press surface... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5490506 | Peripheral blood flow evaluating apparatus An apparatus for evaluating a peripheral blood flow of a living subject, including a reflection-type pulse wave detecting device including two pairs of light-emitting and light-receiving elements provided such that a distance between the light-emitting an... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5462051 | Medical communication system A medical communication system including (A) a sensor worn on a living body to obtain physical information of the body, and generating a signal representing the physical information; (B) a first device disposed on a side of the living body, receiving the ... | 10/31/1995 |
