JPS61234846A - Health degree measuring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health measuring device that can be used in general households for health checks.

Conventional technology Traditionally, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, etc. have been widely used as household health check devices, but electrocardiographs, blood flow monitors, pulse wave monitors, etc., for fully measuring circulatory function, have not yet been developed. However, it was only available in so-called specialized institutions such as medical institutions or health management centers, and it was considered impossible to use it in general households. The basis for this is that these circulatory function testing devices have delicate measurement conditions, and it is difficult to make accurate measurements in a state of mental or physical instability, such as under stress or immediately after exercise. The main reason has been that the data is unreliable unless it is measured under the supervision of an expert.However, with electrocardiographs, just being measured face-to-face with a doctor can cause psychological damage. When you are nervous, you often get data that differs from the ECG during normal times. For this reason, in recent years, mobile phones have been developed that can constantly measure ECG during daily life and record it on a cassette tape to submit to the doctor. A type of electrocardiogram recorder is also used, but it is still the same as before in that it requires regular visits to the doctor. Furthermore, even though pulse wave meters were previously thought to be unreadable to non-experts, devices have recently been developed that can be read by ordinary people by performing second-order differentiation of the waveform. It is essential to take measurements in a stable mental and physical state, and expert guidance and advice are indispensable.

On the other hand, biofeedback devices are devices that measure the state of mental and physical changes in a living body by measuring the electrical resistance of the entire skin, and feed this back to the user via auditory or visual means, allowing the user to self-train. It has been known for over 10 years, and it is widely accepted that anyone can use it to bring themselves to a state of mental and physical stability relatively easily. However, at present, in most cases, self-training is used to treat people with psychological disabilities or to improve the effectiveness of education for the general public.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As described above, conventional household health check equipment
Thermometers, blood pressure monitors, etc. can only measure low-level biological information, and advanced biological information (electrocardiogram, blood flow, pulse wave, etc.)
If they wanted to obtain it, they had no choice but to request it from a medical institution. For this reason, it is not possible to perform sufficient health checks at home, which is a factor that hinders the increasing awareness of health management within the home as we move towards a society that is becoming more expensive. The aim is to solve all of these problems, allowing anyone to easily conduct a cardiovascular function test at home and obtain advanced biological information.

Means to solve problems In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an electrocardiograph.

A circulatory function testing device such as a blood flow meter or a pulse wave meter is integrated with a biofeedback device, and the circulatory function testing device starts measuring when the output of the biofeedback device reaches a predetermined value. It is configured to do so.

Function: With this configuration, the user can easily achieve a stable mental and physical state with the help of the biofeedback device, and furthermore, it is possible to perform a circulatory function test in this state. , it is now possible to easily obtain advanced biological information at home, which was previously only available at specialized institutions such as medical institutions (in a sense, it is even more meaningful than that measured at medical institutions, etc.). be.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 and 2. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of the health measuring device of the present invention, which integrally houses a pulse wave meter 10 that photoelectrically measures fingertip volume pulse waves and a biofeedback device 11ft. Reference numeral 2 denotes a measurement start button, and by pressing this button, the power lamp 3 lights up and the measurement becomes possible. 4 is the output display device of the biofeedback device;
This serves as an index for the subject to control his or her mental and physical condition so that the deflection of the needle approaches a predetermined value. Reference numeral 5 denotes a measuring indicator lamp, which automatically starts the circulatory function test when it detects that the pointer of the output display device 4 has reached a predetermined value and the subject is mentally and physically stable. This is a lamp that lights up when you enter. 6 is a first probe incorporating a photoelectric detector for detecting a fingertip volume pulse wave and a detection contact (not shown) for detecting electrical resistance of the skin;
7 includes another detection contact 8 for the electrical resistance of the skin;
This is a second probe that can be wrapped around a finger and fixed with Velcro. e is a printer provided in the main body 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the entire state of actual use of the first and second probes.

To explain the operation of the above configuration, the person to be measured inserts his or her third finger into the first probe, wraps the second probe around the fourth finger, and fixes it with Velcro.

When the measurement start button 2 is pressed in this state, the power lamp 3 lights up, the biofeedback device 11 is activated, and the first
The electrical resistance value of the skin detected through the second probe 6.7 is displayed on the output display device 4. The person to be measured controls his/her mental and physical state by relaxing himself/herself while looking at this display so as to bring the total pointer value closer to the predetermined value. When the pointer reaches a predetermined value, the measurement indicator lamp 6 lights up, the pulse wave meter 10 automatically measures the volume pulse wave of the fingertip via the first probe 6, and after the measurement is finished, the printer 9 prints the measurement data. is printed out ○ In addition, in the example, the case where the pulse wave meter 10 is used as an example of the circulatory function testing device is shown, but other testing devices (e.g. electrocardiograph, blood flow meter, etc.) It is clear that it is also possible to link it with a biofeedback device in the same way.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the subject can easily achieve a stable mental and physical state without the help of a specialist such as a doctor, and can maintain that stability. Since it is now possible to measure the patient's current condition, cardiovascular function tests, which previously could only be taken at medical institutions, can now be easily measured by anyone, anywhere, and can also be used for health checks at home. This makes health management at home dramatically more reliable.

Furthermore, as an additional effect, the biofeedback device is extremely useful, such as the ability to obtain data on whether the mind and body are in a stable state.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a health measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of actual use of the probe portion of the health measuring device. ...Body, 2...Measurement start button,
4... Output display device, 6... First probe, 7... Second probe, 1o...
... Pulse wave meter (cardiovascular function testing device), 11...
Biofeedback device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is equipped with a circulatory function testing device that measures the human body's circulatory function, and a biofeedback device that can create a mentally and physically stable state, and detects when the output of the biofeedback device reaches a predetermined value. A health level measuring device configured to start measurement by a circulatory function testing device.