JP6718000B1 - Sphygmomanometer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sphygmomanometer that can be easily attached to an arm or a wrist in a desired orientation. A belt-shaped cuff (10), a main body (20) attached to a portion including one end (11) in the longitudinal direction of the cuff (10), and the other end (13) in the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body (20) of the cuff (10). A sphygmomanometer 1 comprising: a first surface fastener 40; and a second surface fastener 50 that is provided on the main body 20 and is detachable from the first surface fastener 40. [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure of a living body.

As a sphygmomanometer for measuring the blood pressure of a living body, it has a belt-shaped cuff and a main body part attached to the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the cuff. There is known an electronic blood pressure monitor that can automatically measure blood pressure by a simple operation of pressing a measurement switch provided on the section (for example, see Patent Document 1).

In such a sphygmomanometer, the cuff is provided with surface fasteners on one end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction with the main body portion sandwiched therebetween, and after being wound around the arm or wrist of the measurement subject, these surface fasteners are mutually attached. It is configured to be held in a wound state by being adhered.

JP-A-3-221030

Like the conventional blood pressure monitor, in a blood pressure monitor having a belt-shaped cuff to which the main body is attached, it is easy to attach the cuff to the arm or wrist, or it is easy to visually recognize the display provided on the main body. In order to allow the body part to be mounted at an angle, various modifications have been made on the mounting position of the body part with respect to the cuff.

However, like the conventional sphygmomanometer described in Patent Document 1, surface fasteners are provided on one end side and the other end side in the longitudinal direction sandwiching the body portion of the cuff, and these surface fasteners are adhered to each other to form a cuff. With the configuration that fixes the body part cannot be attached to one end in the longitudinal direction of the cuff, so the body part should be attached to the cuff so that the sphygmomanometer can be attached to the arm or wrist in the desired orientation. In some cases, there was room for improvement in this respect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a sphygmomanometer that can be easily attached to an arm or a wrist in a desired orientation.

The sphygmomanometer of the present invention is a belt-shaped cuff, a main body part attached to a portion including one end in the longitudinal direction of the cuff, and a second one provided on the other end side in the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body part of the cuff. and 1 of the surface fastener, provided on said main body portion, have a, a second surface fastener removably to said first surface fastener, of the body portion, the side opposite to the mounting surface cuff is attached The second hook-and-loop fastener is provided on a receiving surface that faces toward and is parallel to the attachment surface .

The sphygmomanometer of the present invention is, in the above-mentioned configuration, wherein the main body section includes a main case having a display section for displaying a measured blood pressure value, and a projecting case projecting from a back surface of the main case. Is preferably provided on the protruding case.

In the sphygmomanometer of the present invention, in the above-mentioned configuration, it is preferable that the cuff includes a core having a C-shaped cross section, which is open toward the side opposite to the main case at one end side in the longitudinal direction.

In the sphygmomanometer of the present invention, in the above configuration, it is preferable that the second surface fastener is detachably attached to the main body.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a sphygmomanometer that can be easily attached to an arm or a wrist in a desired orientation.

It is a perspective view of the sphygmomanometer which is one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the sphygmomanometer shown in FIG. 1 with a cuff open. It is a right view of the sphygmomanometer shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main body part shown in FIG. 1 with a second surface fastener removed.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically by way of example with reference to the drawings.

The blood pressure monitor 1 according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a wrist-type electronic blood pressure monitor that automatically measures blood pressure with the wrist of the person being measured as the detected site. The sphygmomanometer 1 includes a cuff 10 and a main body 20.

The cuff 10 is formed of a cloth material into a belt shape having a length that can be wrapped around the wrist of the measurement subject, and has an air bag inside. When measuring the blood pressure, the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist of the person to be measured, and in that state, air is injected into the air bag to inflate and press the wrist of the person to be measured.

The main body 20 includes a case body 30. The case body 30 includes a main case 31 formed in a thin box shape, and a protruding case 32 formed in a thin box shape and protruding from a back surface 31 a of the main case 31. The main case 31 and the protruding case 32 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material.

A display unit 23 is provided on a front surface 31b of the main case 31 that faces away from the back surface 31a. The display unit 23 is configured as a liquid crystal panel, for example. The display unit 23 displays, for example, various information such as measured values of blood pressure (maximum value and minimum value), pulse measurement results, date, time, ambient temperature, and past measurement results in numerical values, figures, and graphs. Etc. can be used to display.

The display unit 23 may be a display panel of another type instead of the liquid crystal panel as long as it can display the measured blood pressure value.

The operation switches 21 and 22 described above are arranged in a region of the front surface 31b of the main case 31 below the display unit 23. By operating these operation switches 21 and 22, the person to be measured or the operator can, for example, turn on/off the power supply, start and stop the measurement, call various past measurement results, and other various commands. It is possible to input to one body unit 20.

Inside the main case 31, a pump that supplies air to the air bag of the cuff 10, a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the air bag of the cuff 10, the operation of the pump is controlled, and a blood pressure value is calculated from the detection result of the pressure sensor. Various devices that constitute the main body unit 20, such as a control unit that controls the storage unit and a storage unit such as a memory connected to the control unit, are stored.

Further, a power source such as a dry battery is housed inside the protruding case 32. The power supply supplies electric power necessary for its operation to the control unit, the display unit 23, the pump, and the like. Since the heavy power source is housed in the protruding case 32, the center of gravity of the main body 20 is at the protruding case 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the body portion 20 is attached to a portion including one end 11 in the longitudinal direction of the cuff 10. More specifically, the surface of the protruding case 32 of the main body portion 20 facing downward in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a mounting surface 32 a, and is a portion within a predetermined range in the longitudinal direction from one end 11 in the longitudinal direction of the cuff 10. However, the cuff 10 is attached to the main body 20 by fixing the one end 11 to the attachment surface 32 a with the one end 11 facing the side opposite to the main case 31.

A core 12 is provided inside one end of the cuff 10 in the longitudinal direction. For example, the core 12 made of synthetic resin has a plate shape curved in a C-shaped cross section, and its opening is directed to the side opposite to the main case 31. As a result, the portion of the cuff 10 in which the core 12 is installed extends from one end 11 in the longitudinal direction toward the main case 31 side along the mounting surface 32a of the protruding case 32 and faces the back surface 31a of the main case 31. The curved portion is curved downward and at a portion away from the main case 31. Therefore, when the cuff 10 is opened and the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist of the person to be measured, the wrist is inserted from the side opposite to the main case 31 where the core 12 opens to the inside of the portion of the cuff 10 in which the core 12 is installed. To do.

A first surface fastener 40 is provided in a predetermined range on the other end 13 side in the longitudinal direction of the main body 20 of the cuff 10. The surface of the cuff 10 on which the first surface fastener 40 is provided is the surface opposite to the surface fixed to the mounting surface 32 a of the cuff 10. In the present embodiment, the first surface fastener 40 is provided with a predetermined length on the other end 13 side of the portion in which the core 12 of the cuff 10 is installed. The first surface fastener 40 is fixed to the cuff 10 formed of a cloth material by sewing.

The surface of the protruding case 32 facing the side opposite to the mounting surface 32a is a receiving surface 32b parallel to the mounting surface 32a. Further, a rear end surface 32c connecting the mounting surface 32a and the receiving surface 32b is a continuous end surface. The rear end surface 32c is inclined in a direction gradually approaching the main case 31 from the mounting surface 32a side toward the receiving surface 32b side.

A second surface fastener 50 is provided on the receiving surface 32b of the protruding case 32. In the present embodiment, the second surface fastener 50 is provided not only in the receiving surface 32b but also in a range from the receiving surface 32b to the rear end surface 32c.

The second surface fastener 50 is fixed to the upper surface of a synthetic resin substrate 51 that is bent so as to correspond to the surfaces of the receiving surface 32b and the rear end surface 32c by means such as adhesion, and the substrate 51 receives the receiving surface of the projecting case 32. By being fixed to 32b and the rear end surface 32c, it is being fixed to the receiving surface 32b and the rear end surface 32c of the protruding case 32.

The second surface fastener 50 is configured as a surface fastener forming a pair with the first surface fastener 40, and is attachable to and detachable from the first surface fastener 40. That is, the second surface fastener 50 can be bonded to the first surface fastener 40 and can be removed from the first surface fastener 40. As the first surface fastener 40 and the second surface fastener 50, for example, a configuration in which a large number of piles are provided on one surface and a large number of hooks are provided on the other surface However, various types of hook-and-loop fasteners can also be used as long as they are detachable from each other.

The cuff 10 has a wrist of the subject to be inserted from the opening side of the core 12 to the inside of the portion of the cuff 10 in which the core 12 is installed, and then the portion on the other end 13 side of the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist. By adhering the first surface fastener 40 to the second surface fastener 50, the first surface fastener 40 is held in a state of being wrapped around the measurement subject's wrist, which is the measurement subject. In this manner, the cuff 10 is fixed in a state in which it is wrapped around the wrist by adhering the first surface fastener 40 to the second surface fastener 50 while being wrapped around the wrist. The portion of the cuff 10 on the other end 13 side of the bonded portion between the first surface fastener 40 and the second surface fastener 50 is folded back at the back surface 31 a of the main case 31.

A hook-and-loop fastener is further provided at the tip (the other end 13) of the folded back portion, and this hook-and-loop fastener is bonded to a hook-and-loop fastener provided on the surface of the cuff 10 opposite to the portion where the first hook-and-loop fastener 40 is provided. By doing so, the folded-back portion may be fixed to the portion of the cuff 10 that is wrapped around the wrist.

The first surface fastener 40 has a longer length than the second surface fastener 50, and the second surface of the first first surface fastener 40 depends on the thickness of the wrist around which the cuff 10 is wound. The portion bonded to the fastener 50 can be adjusted.

The first surface fastener 40 is not provided in a portion within a predetermined range in the longitudinal direction from the other end 13 of the cuff 10, and when the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist of the measurement subject, this portion may be grasped. it can.

As described above, since the cuff 10 is attached to the projecting case 32 of the main body 20, when the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist of the person to be measured and fixed, the body 20 is also fixed to the wrist of the person to be measured together with the cuff 10. It As described above, the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment is an integral type in which the cuff 10 and the main body 20 are integrated. The integrated sphygmomanometer 1 can be easily carried, and the person to be measured can also move while measuring the sphygmomanometer 1 on the wrist.

In the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the cuff 10 is wrapped around the wrist of the person to be measured and fixed, and the operation switches 21 and 22 provided on the main body 20 are operated to operate the person to be measured. Blood pressure can be measured automatically.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 23 displays the upper side such as the blood pressure value after measurement in a posture in which the mounting surface 32a side of the protruding case 32 is downward and the receiving surface 32b side is upward.

Here, in the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment, the cuff 10 is provided with the first surface fastener 40, and the main surface portion 20 is provided with the detachable second surface fastener 50. Therefore, the main body 20 is attached to the portion including the one end 11 in the longitudinal direction of the cuff 10, and the main body 20 can be easily attached to the wrist of the subject in a desired orientation.

In particular, the sphygmomanometer 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to be attached to the wrist in a posture in which the elbow is bent and the lower arm is horizontal in front of the chest. The main body 20 can be easily attached to the wrist so that the display unit 23 that displays information in a posture in which the side of the receiving surface 32b is upward is easily viewed by the person to be measured.

That is, in the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment, with the opening of the core 12 facing downward, the wrist is inserted from the side of the opening to the inside of the portion of the cuff 10 in which the core 12 is installed, and in this state of the cuff 10. Since the first surface fastener 40 can be bonded to the second surface fastener 50 by wrapping the side of the other end 13 around the wrist, the body portion 20 can be easily attached to the wrist.

Further, in the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment, the center of gravity of the main body portion 20 is located in the protruding case 32, so that the protruding case 32 having the center of gravity is mounted in a posture in which it is located below the main case 31. The work can be performed so that the mounting work can be performed more easily.

As described above, the sphygmomanometer 1 of the present embodiment is configured so that the main body portion 20 can be easily attached to the wrist of the measurement subject in a desired orientation.

The second hook-and-loop fastener 50 may be detachably attached to the main body 20, that is, replaceable. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the substrate 51 is detachably attached to the projecting case 32 by engaging the projecting portions with the four mounting holes 32 d provided in the projecting case 32. The second hook-and-loop fastener 50 is attachable to and detachable from the main body portion 20 together with the substrate 51.

According to this configuration, since the second surface fastener 50 is configured separately from the cuff 10 and the first surface fastener 40, the second surface fastener 50 is bonded to the first surface fastener 40. When the property deteriorates, only the second surface fastener 50 can be replaced without replacing the cuff 10 and the first surface fastener 40. As a result, it is possible to reduce the cost involved in replacing the second surface fastener 50.

The second hook-and-loop fastener 50 is not limited to the configuration that is attachable to and detachable from the body portion 20 together with the substrate 51, and may be a configuration that is attachable to and detachable from the body portion 20 without using the substrate 51. In this case, the second hook-and-loop fastener 50 can be fixed to the main body 20 using a double-sided tape, an adhesive, or the like.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the sphygmomanometer 1 is attached to the wrist of the person to be measured, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be attached to the arm of the person to be measured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the second surface fastener 50 is provided not only on the receiving surface 32b of the protruding case 32 but also on the rear end surface 32c, but the second surface fastener 50 is provided on the rear end surface 32c. It is also possible to have no configuration.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the second surface fastener 50 is provided on the receiving surface 32b and the rear end surface 32c of the protruding case 32, but the second surface fastener 50 is provided on the main body portion 20. If so, the position where it is provided can be variously changed.

Furthermore, the shape of the case body 30 can be variously changed as long as the shape allows the second surface fastener 50 to be attached.

1 Sphygmomanometer 10 Cuff 11 One end in the longitudinal direction 12 Core 13 The other end in the longitudinal direction 20 Main body 21 Operation switch 22 Operation switch 30 Case switch 31 Main case 31a Rear surface 31b Front surface 32 Projecting case 32a Mounting surface 32b Receiving surface 32c Rear end surface 32d Mounting hole 40 First surface fastener 50 Second surface fastener 51 Substrate

Claims (4)

Belt-shaped cuff,
A body portion attached to a portion including one end in the longitudinal direction of the cuff,
A first surface fastener provided on the other end side in the longitudinal direction with respect to the main body portion of the cuff,
A second hook-and-loop fastener that is provided on the main body and is detachable from the first hook-and-loop fastener;
Have a,
The sphygmomanometer , wherein the second surface fastener is provided on a receiving surface of the main body portion facing the side opposite to the mounting surface on which the cuff is mounted and parallel to the mounting surface . The main body is
A main case having a display unit for displaying the measured blood pressure value, and a projecting case projecting from the back surface of the main case,
The sphygmomanometer according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting surface is provided on the protruding case. The sphygmomanometer according to claim 2 , wherein the cuff includes a core having a C-shaped cross section that opens toward the side opposite to the main case on one end side in the longitudinal direction. Said second surface fastener, said detachably attached to the main body, a blood pressure monitor according to any one of claims 1-3.

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