Patent ID: 8246553
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A muscle hardness meter which measures hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, the muscle hardness meter comprising: an auxiliary part which is configured to touch a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measured so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which is configured to touch the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which, measures both of a first pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measured and a second pressure that the auxiliary part sustains from the periphery, and outputs a total of the first pressure and the second pressure as a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures the first pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measured, and outputs the first pressure as a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result reaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a time when it is determined that the first measurement result reaches the reference value.