Patent ID: 9433370
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A moisture meter for measuring a moisture content of a subject, comprising: a main body possessing one end, an other end opposite to the one end, and an intermediate portion extending between the one end and the other end, the main body also possessing a thickness between opposite surfaces of the main body that partially contact skin surface of the user during use of the moisture meter; a measuring unit holder at the one end of the main body configured to be held in an armpit of the subject; an impedance-type moisture measuring unit mounted on the measuring unit holder, the impedance-type moisture measuring unit including a measurement current supply electrode portion and a voltage measurement electrode portion that make contact with the skin surface of the armpit to provide information used to measure the moisture content of the subject when the measuring unit holder is held in the armpit; a display unit holder at the other end of the main body; a display unit mounted on the display unit holder and configured to display the measured moisture content of the subject; the intermediate portion of the main body including a first curved portion that is curved outward to form a convex surface along one side of the intermediate portion of the main body and a second curved portion that is curved inward to form a concave surface along a side of the intermediate portion of the main body that is opposite the one side of the intermediate portion of the main body, the first and second curved portions being located between the display unit and the impedance-type moisture measuring unit, the second curved portion possessing a greater radius of curvature than the first curved portion; and the display unit holder at the other end of the main body extending from the subject when the measuring unit holder at the one end of the main body is held in the armpit of the subject, allowing the subject to read the measured moisture content on the display unit while the measuring unit holder at the one end of the main body is held in the armpit.