Patent ID: 7963923

Claim:
An ear blood-pressure meter comprising: storing means for storing a blood pressure measurement result; time measurement means for measuring a time; input means for receiving behavior history; means for storing the blood pressure measurement result into the storing means while associating the blood pressure measurement result with a time when blood pressure measurement is performed; means for storing the behavior history into the storing means while associating the behavior history with a time corresponding to the behavior history; a pair of cuffs adapted to apply pressure directly onto opposite surfaces of a tragus or a periphery of the tragus in a temporal region; a pair of opposed arms linked together at one end of each arm by a spindle; a first air tube connected to one of the cuffs, the first air tube extending through a first end of a first arm of the pair of opposed arms and exiting through a second end of the first arm; a second air tube connected to another of the cuffs, the second air tube extending through a first end of a second arm of the pair of opposed arms and exiting through a second end of the second arm; a distance variable mechanism arranged to adjust a distance between ends of the arms remote from the spindle by changing an angle between the spindle and one of the arms, the cuffs being attached to their respective arms at the remote ends thereof; a detector configured to detect a pulse wave at the tragus or tragus periphery, the detector including a light-emitting element and a light receiving element, and both the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are located on a same expanding surface of one of the cuffs, so as to be pressed in use against the tragus or tragus periphery; and a controller configured to control the cuffs to increase or decrease pressure applied onto the tragus or tragus periphery, wherein the ear blood pressure meter is adapted to measure blood pressure by pinching the tragus or tragus periphery between the cuffs to compress blood vessels.