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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145286 | Noninvasive measuring device for substance in blood via nail and a nail evaporation device A device and method for optically measuring a substance in blood using the nail as an optical window are provided. A device for optically measuring a test substance in blood by using the nail as an optical window and correcting or eliminating fluctuation of a measur... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135457 | Apparatus for measurement of living body Disclosed is an apparatus for measurement of a living body, comprising: a personal data input unit; a basal metabolism input unit; a standard value storage unit; a comparison unit; and a display unit. According to the invention the personal data input unit enters at... | 03/13/2012 |
| D653571 | Scale | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092399 | Sleep state measuring apparatus and sleep state measuring method Even if a mattress or the like suffers long-term deterioration, a sleep state measuring apparatus is provided which can set a suitable amplification factor A of a biosignal. The sleep state measuring apparatus detects the biosignal which changes depending on the sle... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8063457 | Semiconductor strain gauge and the manufacturing method A high-density impurity diffused layer of an identical conduction type to the semiconductor substrate on which the impurity is doped higher in density than the semiconductor substrate around the diffuse resistance region is provided, one side of the electrodes is fo... | 11/22/2011 |
| RE42833 | Method and apparatus for measuring distribution of body fat The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a distribution of body fat for human body. The method comprises the step of measuring a bioelectrical impedance and a thickness of abdominal subcutaneous fat, based on the personal data such as... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025779 | Water quality analyzer A water quality analyzer comprises: sensor electrodes 1a, 1b made of different metals from each other, the electrodes in a liquid of inspecting object generating a sense voltage in proportion to the liquid's impurities concentration; an o... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016727 | State-of-exercise measuring apparatus and biometric apparatus The invention provides a state-of-exercise measuring apparatus and a biometric apparatus configured to measure a state of exercise of a user accurately and easily in real time by calculating biometric impedances of the user doing an exercise and utilizing a change o... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7979114 | Apparatus for assuming information on the amount accumulated visceral fat of a human body Disclosed is an apparatus for assuming the information on the amount accumulated visceral fat in a human body with a high degree of accuracy. It comprises: at least a unit for collecting pieces of information on the identification of the human body and a unit for co... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962205 | Human subject index estimation apparatus and method A CPU (170) of a human subject index estimation apparatus (1) computes a waist circumference based on body weight measured by a weight scale (110) and bioelectric impedance measured by a bioelectric impedance measurement unit (200A), and ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957795 | Abdominal impedance measurement apparatus An abdominal impedance measurement apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes for measuring an abdominal impedance of a human subject, and includes an electrode supporting member for supporting the electrodes in such a manner that the electrodes protrude from the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7925340 | Trunk visceral fat measuring method and apparatus, trunk skeletal muscle amount measuring apparatus, trunk subcutaneous fat measuring method and apparatus, and trunk visceral and subcutaneous fat measuring method and apparatus A method and apparatus capable of measuring visceral fat tissues accumulated in the trunk with high accuracy apply a current to a body part where a subcutaneous fat tissue layer is thin or a body part where a skeletal muscle tissue layer has no or a thin muscle bell... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7902467 | Biometric apparatus with automatic zero-point reset function A biometric apparatus includes a weight measuring unit having a predetermined zero-point for measuring a load applied to a platform provided on a body of the biometric apparatus and outputting a load signal which indicates the load; a detecting unit for detecting th... | 03/08/2011 |
| D628503 | Body composition meter | 12/07/2010 |
| D628920 | Body composition meter | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844325 | Bioelectricity impedance measuring device, a malnutrition measurement system, a malnutrition measurement method A bioelectricity impedance measuring device includes a contact surface capable of being placed on a part of the body, a gripper which is formed to be easily grasped by a single hand, and electrodes on the contact surface. In addition, the bioelectricity impedance me... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7813795 | Abdominal impedance measurement apparatus and body composition determination apparatus An abdominal impedance measurement apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes for measuring an abdominal impedance of a human subject, electrode supporting member for supporting the electrodes, and a frame that is disposable around the human subject. A light emitt... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794655 | Test fluid measurement device and sensitivity calibration method thereof A test fluid measurement device includes an output acquisition unit for acquiring an output value from a urinary sugar sensor, when a reference fluid, set to a specified density, is applied to the urinary sugar sensor. By using this output value to set a reference v... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7686772 | Apparatus for measuring calories consumed during sleep An apparatus for measuring calories consumed during sleep comprises determination means for determining a breathing/heartbeat oscillation, a body motion and an the intensity of the body motion, coefficient calculation means for calculating a coefficient which is a r... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684057 | Linear measurement apparatus A linear measurement apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least one first noncontact distance measuring sensor and one second noncontact distance measuring sensor supported at a frame and aligned on opposite sides of a measured object. The measuring unit... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7670303 | Body motion measuring apparatus A body motion measuring apparatus is described, embodiments of which include an apparatus for detecting the magnitudes of motions in different directions at a time using body motion sensors, calculating the size V of a composite vector based on the relationship betw... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666699 | Semiconductor strain gauge and the manufacturing method A high-density impurity diffused layer of an identical conduction type to the semiconductor substrate on which the impurity is doped higher in density than the semiconductor substrate around the diffuse resistance region is provided, one side of the electrodes is fo... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658112 | Mat for pressure measurement and a body information acquisition device When the distribution of the pressure applied to a mat is measured, a plurality of detection units is established in the air mat and the sensor for measuring the pressure applied to the air mat is needed to be provided for each detection unit. The mat for pressure m... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641784 | Method for measuring by means of chemical sensor, and chemical sensor type measuring apparatus There is disclosed means for quickly solving instability of sensor sensitivity performances found in an initial stage and stabilizing the sensor sensitivity performances, when immersing a chemical sensor kept under a dry state in a buffer solution used as a storage ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7613210 | Measuring time management system, data transmitter-receiver and measuring time management method A unified time can be simply set between data measuring instruments, and when the clock function of a specific data measuring instrument was damaged, the data measuring instrument can be immediately set to have the unified time, and when a certain data measuring ins... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597789 | Oxidation-reduction potentiometer An oxidation-reduction potentiometer immerses a working electrode and a reference electrode in a reference liquid, measures an interelectrode voltage between the above electrodes when an impedance reducing circuit is unconnected and an interelectrode voltage between... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596453 | Digital scale A digital scale is provided that switches a measuring interval according to the amount of variation of sampled data, and computes a weight. Embodiments include a scale with pre-stored scale intervals set at multiple levels, and allowable ranges of fluctuation that c... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7594896 | Waist circumference calculation apparatus and body composition determination apparatus An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width value of a human subject. A memory stores a correlation between abdomen width values and waist circumferences of human beings. A waist circumference calculator calculates a waist circumference of the human subj... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7557311 | Body measuring device having individual output format customization feature There is provided a body measuring device with an individual output format customization feature which can provide information of measurement results in an output format desired by each individual. The body measuring device customizes an output format for eac... | 07/07/2009 |
| D592534 | Electronic scale | 05/19/2009 |
| D586679 | Electronic scale | 02/17/2009 |
| D586674 | Pedometer | 02/17/2009 |
| D586673 | Pedometer | 02/17/2009 |
| D585993 | Urine glucose meter | 02/03/2009 |
| D585992 | Urine glucose meter | 02/03/2009 |
| D584978 | Impedance meter | 01/20/2009 |
| D584977 | Body composition meter | 01/20/2009 |
| D584976 | Body composition meter | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477937 | Bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus Disclosed is an bioelectrical impedance measuring apparatus which is simplified in structure and which is easy to use. A measuring apparatus comprising a personal data input unit which is used in inputting personal data and a plurality of electrodes which are used i... | 01/13/2009 |
| D582813 | Operation display portion for body composition meter | 12/16/2008 |
