Patent ID: 6526315
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A portable bioelectrical impedance measuring instrument comprising:a main body, substantially parallelepiped shaped and comprising an insulating material, said main body comprising a back side, at least a portion of the back side having a curved shape; a first pair of electrodes, spaced apart from each other, on a face of said main body; a second pair of electrodes, spaced apart from each other, on the curved portion of the back side of the main body opposite the face; a display unit on the face of said main body; and an operator unit on the face of said main body; wherein the first and second pairs of electrodes are disposed such that, when a user holds the main body with one hand, a palm of the one hand can contact the second pair of electrodes and the user's other hand can contact the first pair of electrodes.