Patent ID: 8103332

Claim:
A head-coupled holder for living body optical measurement which is worn on a head of a person to be examined, comprising: a light irradiation module for irradiating the head of the person to be examined with a light; and a light detection module adapted to detect the light which has been irradiated from the light irradiation module and propagated through the head of the person to be examined, wherein each of the light irradiation module and the light detection module includes a contactor having a contact portion that comes in contact with a scalp of the person to be examined at a leading end thereof, and exposes a leading end of a light guide to the contact portion to form the light guide, and a package having a lower portion to which the contactor is attached, wherein the holder has an insertion hole having a lower portion opened into which the package is inserted, and wherein the package is fixed to the inner upper wall of the insertion hole with a series structure of an elastic body and a viscoelastic body; and wherein the contactor is fixed to the lower portion of the package through another elastic body.