Patent ID: 6808497
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A61B,G01K

Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring a blood pressure of a living subject, comprising:an inflatable cuff which has an inside surface adapted to contact a body surface of the subject and an outside surface exposed to an ambient air, and which is adapted to be wound around a portion of the subject to press the portion of the subject; a first temperature sensor which is provided in the outside surface of the cuff and detects, in a state in which the cuff is wound around the portion of the subject, a temperature of the portion of the subject; a second temperature sensor which is provided in the outside surface of the cuff and detects, in the state in which the cuff is wound around the portion of the subject, a temperature of the ambient air; a temperature-difference determining means for determining a difference between the temperature of the portion of the subject detected by the first temperature sensor and the temperature of the ambient air detected by the second temperature sensor, and a display device which displays the temperature of the portion of the subject, detected by the first temperature sensor, the temperature of the ambient air, detected by the second temperature sensor, and the temperature difference determined by the temperature-difference determining means.