Patent ID: 7029449

Claim:
An apparatus for inspecting arteriosclerosis of a living subject, comprising: a pulse-wave-velocity-related-information obtaining device which obtains pulse-wave-velocity-related information that is related to a velocity at which a pulse wave propagates in the subject; a blood-pressure measuring device which measures a blood pressure of the subject; a heart-rate measuring device which measures a heart rate of the subject; a pre-ejection-period measuring device which measures a pre-ejection period from a time of starting of contraction of the heart of the subject to a time of starting of ejection of blood from the heart; an ejection-time measuring device which measures an ejection time from the time of starting of ejection of blood from the heart to a time of ending of ejection of blood from the heart; and an arteriosclerosis-inspection-related-augmentation-index determining means for determining an arteriosclerosis-inspection-related augmentation index of the subject, based on the pulse-wave-velocity-related information obtained by the pulse-wave-velocity-related-information obtaining device, the blood pressure measured by the blood-pressure measuring device, the heart rate measured by the heart-rate measuring device, the pre-ejection period measured by the pre-ejection-period measuring device, and the ejection time measured by the ejection-time measuring device, according to a predetermined relationship between (A) (a1) pulse-wave-velocity-related information, (a2) blood pressure, (a3) heart rate, (a4) pre-ejection period and (a5) ejection time, and (B) arteriosclerosis-inspection-related augmentation index.