Patent ID: 9131854
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus of measuring a blood pressure of an examinee while detecting a body activity of the examinee, the apparatus comprising: a cuff; a pressurizing unit to pressurize the cuff; a discharge unit to release a pressure of the cuff; a blood pressure measuring unit to measure the blood pressure by pressurizing the cuff; a central processing unit to perform a predetermined operation with respect to the measured blood pressure; a memory to store information about the measured blood pressure that is obtained from the predetermined operation; a data output unit to output the information about the measured blood pressure stored in the central processing unit or the memory; and a sensor installed in a body of a blood pressure gauge to detect movement, a position, or a direction of the blood pressure gauge, wherein the central processing unit is configured to generate blood pressure data by performing the operation based on the measured blood pressure using the blood pressure measuring unit, to determine whether the body activity of the examinee is in a first activity type or a second activity type based on the detected movement, position, or the direction of the blood pressure gauge, and to control the cuff to be in a first driving mode or a second driving mode, in response to determining that the body activity is in the first activity type or the second activity type, the cuff being pressurized at a different rate in the first driving mode from in the second driving mode, wherein the first activity type is an activity type where the examinee is in motion, and the second activity type is an activity type where the examinee is idle, and wherein the central processing unit is further configured to control the cuff to be pressurized at a more rapid rate in the first pressure mode in response to determining that the body activity is in the first activity mode.