Patent ID: 8118758

Claim:
A living body inspection apparatus comprising: a larynx displacement detector including a pair of sensor parts which are separately held on the surface of a subject at lateral positions of a larynx of the subject for detecting a distance along a lateral direction between the lateral positions of the larynx; a swallowing sound detector for detecting a swallowing sound generated when said subject swallows; displaying means for displaying a waveform regarding a displacement of said larynx and formed in accordance with information of the distance between the lateral positions obtained from said larynx displacement detector, and a waveform regarding said swallowing sound and formed in accordance with information obtained from said swallowing sound detector; processing means for instructing said displaying means; and a flexible holding member, wherein said flexible holding member includes a pair of flexible sensor holding members and a mounting member, said pair of sensor holding members are at respective ends thereof, and are each provided with a respective one of said sensor parts of said larynx displacement detector, one of said sensor holding members is further provided with said swallowing sound detector, and said mounting member has a pair of arms which are respectively formed integrally with said pair of sensor holding members at other ends thereof to hold said pair of sensor holding members, and said arms are configured so that said arms can be opened and hold the neck of the subject and so that said pair of sensor parts are respectively held at the lateral positions of said larynx of said subject.