Patent ID: 8382676

Claim:
A biologic information detecting apparatus comprising: a pair of arms that face each other and are adapted to sandwich a projecting part of an auricle of a human body by a first arm disposed on a first side of the projecting part and a second arm disposed on a second side of the projecting part; a spindle connecting the arms at one end of each of the arms; a distance varying mechanism arranged on the spindle and adjusting an interval between the other ends of the arms; a cuff for pressing a living body, which is attached to the other end of at least one of the arms and attached on a facing side of the at least one of the arms; and a sensor for detecting biologic information, which is attached to the other end of at least one of the arms, characterized in that the biologic information is a blood pressure, the projecting part is a tragus, a front end part of the arm surrounding the cuff is adapted to press against a surface position of the tragus, and the cuff is adapted to not be in contact with the tragus in an air-exhausted state and, the cuff is adapted to be in contact with the tragus in an air-supplied state.