Patent ID: 9011346
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B,G01G

Abstract:
1. A system for determining biological or physiological aspects relating to stiffness of at least one artery, the system comprising: a body scale including and integrating a first sensor; the first sensor configured and arranged to capture, from a user in an upright position while on the body scale, a heart-related signal indicative of at least one of physical movement and mechanical output of the user's heart and of the mechanical movement of blood through an aorta of the user; and a second sensor configured and arranged to detect characteristics of the user at a distal artery location while the user is on the body scale, the characteristics including a measurement of the volumetric change of an artery or organ of the user; and a logic circuit that is configured and arranged to process information provided from the first sensor and from the second sensor, the logic circuit being configured and arranged to generate arterial pulse wave velocity based on portions of the heart-related signal that are indicative of a pressure pulse of an ascending portion of the aorta, the characteristics of the user at a distal artery location and a distance between the aorta and the distal artery location, wherein the arterial pulse wave velocity is indicative of the biological or physiological aspects relating to or corresponding to the arterial stiffness of the user.