Patent ID: 8343060
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A biological luminal body evaluating apparatus for evaluating a luminal body positioned in a portion of a living body, comprising: a displaying device; a pressure container, having an accommodation space for accommodating the portion of the living body therein, an internal pressure of the accommodation space being varied within a pressure range including a negative pressure, and the portion of the living body being exposed to the negative pressure in the accommodation space; a luminal body cross-sectional shape measuring device that non-invasively measures a cross-sectional shape value of the luminal body in the portion of the living body accommodated in the accommodation space; and a display controller that displays on the displaying device a variation of the internal pressure in the accommodation space of the pressure container and a variation of a cross-sectional shape of the luminal body varying depending on the variation of the internal pressure of the accommodation space.