Patent ID: 7860547
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A visceral fat measuring apparatus comprising: a subcutaneous fat measuring unit having a contact face shaped to come into contact with a living body surface, and configured to measure a subcutaneous fat thickness with said contact face being pressed against said living body surface; a pressing pressure measuring unit configured to monitor a pressure at which said contact face is pressed against the living body surface; and a visceral fat calculating unit configured to calculate an amount of visceral fat by use of an Expression 2 based on the subcutaneous fat thickness measured by said pressing pressure measuring unit, and the pressure monitored by said pressing pressure measuring unit: where S is the amount of visceral fat, F is the monitored pressure, T is the measured subcutaneous fat thickness, A, B, C, D and E are predetermined constants, and e is a base of a natural logarithm, wherein said subcutaneous fat measuring unit is an optical subcutaneous fat measuring apparatus.