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- the present invention relates to a blood pressure estimation device for estimating blood pressure.
- an oscillometric method As a method for measuring blood pressure, an oscillometric method, a Korotkoff method, and the like are known. As the upper arm is pressurized while changing the internal pressure in the cuff, the amplitude in the pulse wave measured at the upper arm changes. In the oscillometric method, based on the amplitude, blood pressure in the process of contracting the heart (systolic blood pressure) and blood pressure in the process of expanding the heart (diastolic blood pressure) are measured.
- Systolic blood pressure is also referred to as systolic blood pressure, and hereinafter also referred to as SBP.
- SBP is an abbreviation for Systolic_blood_pressure.
- the diastolic blood pressure is also referred to as a minimum blood pressure, and is also referred to as DBP hereinafter.
- DBP is an abbreviation for Diastrotic_blood_pressure.
- Korotkoff sounds are generated from the pressurized artery, and blood pressure is measured based on the Korotkoff sound.
- a method in which a detector such as a microphone detects Korotkoff sounds is particularly called a microphone method.
- a blood pressure measuring device based on the oscillometric method or the Korotkoff method detects the noise in addition to the blood pressure in a situation where there is body movement, external vibration, or ambient noise of the measurement subject.
- the signal measured by the blood pressure measurement device includes a large noise. Therefore, in this case, it is difficult to properly measure systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure based on a signal measured by the blood pressure measurement device. That is, in order to properly measure blood pressure using a blood pressure measurement device, it is necessary to guide the person to be measured to a resting state or to create a quiet environment.
- the sphygmomanometer (blood pressure measuring device) disclosed in Patent Document 1 induces the subject to be in a resting state based on blood pressure measuring means for measuring the blood pressure of the subject and the state in which the subject is breathing. And a resting state guiding means.
- the resting state inducing means irradiates the subject with microwaves.
- the resting state inducing means calculates the expiration time and the inspiration time for the measured person based on the irradiated microwave and the reflected microwave, and the ratio, the total time, or the duration time is calculated. Based on this, the person to be measured is guided to a resting state.
- the blood pressure measurement device causes a pulse wave (pulsation) including noise in response to the person to be measured coming into contact with the measurement part (specific part) in the sphygmomanometer or when the person to be measured moves. Measure.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a non-invasive blood pressure measuring apparatus that can remove the noise and that has less burden on the subject.
- the blood pressure measurement device has a function of removing noise from the measured pulse wave.
- the blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff that measures a heartbeat on a body surface of a measurement subject as a pulse wave, a plurality of independent air bladders that are set to have the same pressure condition for the cuff, and the air bladder And a plurality of pressure sensors for detecting pulse waves.
- the air bladder and the pressure sensor are connected to each other.
- the blood pressure measurement device further includes arithmetic processing means for removing noise from the pulse wave by applying the separation matrix method, the adaptive filter method, or both to the pulse wave measured by each pressure sensor.
- the automatic blood pressure measurement device disclosed in Patent Document 3 appropriately measures the maximum blood pressure based on the amplitude ratio calculated from the three inflation bags.
- the electronic sphygmomanometer disclosed in Patent Document 4 extracts a pulse wave while reducing the internal pressure of the cuff, and calculates the amplitude of the extracted pulse wave.
- the electronic sphygmomanometer determines whether the internal pressure of the cuff is insufficient based on whether the calculated amplitude is equal to or less than a threshold value.
- the blood pressure measurement device disclosed in Patent Document 5 measures a pulse wave using a plurality of pulse wave sensors, and calculates a time point at which the pulse wave is started with respect to a pulse wave having the largest amplitude among the measured pulse waves. .
- the blood pressure measurement device calculates the internal pressure of the cuff at the time of calculation as the maximum blood pressure.
- the sphygmomanometer disclosed in Patent Document 1 induces the person to be measured to be in a resting state, but measures when the person to be measured is walking, when mental stress occurs in the person to be measured, or measures. Noise is detected when the environment is noisy and vibration noise is generated. For this reason, this blood pressure meter cannot measure blood pressure appropriately.
- the blood pressure measurement device disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a plurality of air bladders and a plurality of pressure sensors. For this reason, the blood pressure measurement device has a complicated structure. Furthermore, in the blood pressure measurement device, it is difficult to appropriately arrange an air bladder that measures a pulse wave and a sensor. Even when the arithmetic processing means removes noise from the pulse wave, the blood pressure measuring device is affected by noise that cannot be removed, such as noise having the same frequency component as that of the pulse. Proper measurement may not be possible.
- the blood pressure measuring device disclosed in Patent Document 3 has a complicated structure because it has three inflatable bags in the cuff. Furthermore, the blood pressure measurement device cannot properly measure blood pressure when the pressure applied to the cuff changes even a little depending on the operation of the subject.
- the electronic blood pressure device disclosed in Patent Document 4 determines whether or not the internal pressure of the cuff is insufficient based on one extracted pulse wave, and therefore does not operate correctly when the pulse wave is affected by noise. there is a possibility.
- the blood pressure measurement device disclosed in Patent Document 5 calculates blood pressure based on a pulse wave having the largest amplitude, there is a possibility that blood pressure cannot be appropriately measured when the pulse wave is affected by noise.
- a main object of the present invention is to provide a blood pressure estimation device that estimates blood pressure with high accuracy.
- the blood pressure estimation device is based on a pressure in a specific period and a difference between a plurality of pulse wave signals measured due to the pressure in the specific period.
- a blood pressure estimation method includes: Using the information processing apparatus, the blood pressure is estimated based on the pressure in a specific period and the difference between a plurality of pulse wave signals measured due to the pressure in the specific period.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus can estimate blood pressure with high accuracy.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a blood pressure estimation device 101 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process flow in the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 includes a blood pressure estimation unit 102.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 receives a pressure signal 2003 representing a pressure in a specific period and a plurality of pulse wave signals measured when the pressure is applied in the specific period with respect to the measurement subject (step S201).
- the plurality of pulse wave signals are two (that is, pulse wave signal 2001 and pulse wave signal B).
- the number of pulse wave signals received by the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment may be three or more as described later.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 102 estimates the blood pressure (blood pressure value) based on the pressure signal 2003 and the difference between the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave signal B (step S202).
- blood pressure represents systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, or both.
- Systolic blood pressure is the blood pressure when the heart pumps blood into the arteries as the heart contracts.
- diastolic blood pressure is the blood pressure when the heart gently pumps blood into the artery when the heart is dilated.
- the shape of the cuff is a rectangle (rectangular shape), a trapezoid, or a shape close to a rectangular shape in an unfolded state as illustrated in FIG. 5 described later.
- the shape close to the rectangular shape is, for example, a shape in which the lateral direction or the longitudinal direction, or both are tapered or arced.
- the shape close to the rectangular shape is not limited to the shape described above.
- the longitudinal direction is assumed to be a direction in which the cuff is wound around the specific part, that is, a circumferential direction in a state where the cuff is wound around the specific part.
- the short direction is a direction orthogonal (or substantially orthogonal) to the longitudinal direction.
- the cuff mode is not limited to the above-described mode.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a pulse wave signal received by the blood pressure estimation unit 102.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 3 represents time, and represents that time progresses as it is located on the right side.
- the vertical axis in the upper diagram of FIG. 3 represents the intensity of the pressure signal, and the higher the position, the stronger the pressure signal.
- the vertical axis in the middle diagram of FIG. 3 and the lower diagram of FIG. 3 represents the intensity of the pulse wave signal.
- the specific period is, for example, a period in which the heart beats (heartbeat) a plurality of times.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 102 estimates that the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB or the pressure when the absolute value of the difference is maximum (or near the maximum) is systolic blood pressure.
- the vicinity of the maximum can be defined as a value when it is within a specific range from the maximum.
- the specific range may be a predetermined value, or the magnitude of a slope (determined by calculating a differential, a difference, etc.) related to a target (for example, the above-described difference) for which the maximum value is calculated is a predetermined value. It may be a value calculated based on becoming less than the value.
- the specific range is not limited to the above-described example.
- the heart pumps a lot of blood into the artery during systole.
- the pressure in the artery changes according to the amount of blood pumped out. That is, the amount of blood pumped out is large on the upstream side and small on the downstream side.
- the pulse wave signal measured on the upstream side is different from the pulse wave signal measured on the downstream side. Therefore, the blood pressure estimation unit 102 can estimate that the pressure when the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB is maximum (or near the maximum) is systolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 102 estimates that the pressure in the case where the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB is lower than a specific value, which is lower than the systolic blood pressure, is the diastolic blood pressure.
- the specific value is a value higher by several percent to several tens of percent than the maximum value from the average value of the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB when no pressure is applied.
- the specific value is a value that is several ms (milliseconds) to several tens of ms higher than the average value of the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB when no pressure is applied.
- the specific value may be a value calculated based on diastolic blood pressure measured according to a procedure such as the oscillometric method or the Korotkoff method. The specific value is not limited to the example described above.
- the estimation procedure for estimating the diastolic blood pressure is not limited to the above-described example.
- the pressure when the approximate curve obtained from the relationship between time and the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB has a specific value is estimated as the diastolic blood pressure.
- the approximate curve is, for example, a plurality of linear approximate lines having different slopes and intercepts for each pressure range, or a polynomial approximate curve that can be applied to a pressure range equal to or lower than the systolic blood pressure, but is not limited thereto.
- the specific value is, for example, 0 ms, but is not limited to this value.
- the heart gently pumps blood into the artery during diastole.
- the pressure in the artery does not change significantly.
- the difference between the pulse wave signal measured on the upstream side and the pulse wave signal measured on the downstream side is small. Therefore, the blood pressure estimation unit 102 estimates that the pressure when the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB is lower than a specific value, which is lower than the systolic blood pressure, is the diastolic blood pressure. Can do.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 102 does not need to calculate the difference to be detected using the difference, and may calculate the difference using a value such as a ratio. In this case, the blood pressure estimation unit 102 estimates the blood pressure according to the magnitude of the ratio.
- the difference to be detected is not limited to the above-described example, as long as it is an index that can compare the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB.
- the blood pressure estimation device 101 estimates blood pressure based on the difference between the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB. For this reason, for example, even when the pulse wave signal AA and the pulse wave signal BB include similar noise, the blood pressure estimation device 101 reduces the noise by estimating the blood pressure based on the difference. Therefore, the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 can estimate the blood pressure with high accuracy by reducing the influence of noise.
- a general blood pressure estimation device cannot accurately measure blood pressure when the measured pulse wave includes noise.
- blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 According to the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment, blood pressure can be estimated with high accuracy.
- the blood pressure estimation device 101 receives the pressure signal 2003 measured by the blood pressure measurement device 408 illustrated in FIG. 4 and a plurality of pulse wave signals measured by the blood pressure measurement device 408.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the blood pressure measurement device 408 according to the first embodiment.
- the blood pressure measurement device 408 includes a cuff 401, a pulse wave measurement unit 402, a pulse wave measurement unit 403, a pressure measurement unit 407, a pressure control unit 404, an input unit 405, a display unit 406, and a blood pressure estimation device 101. And have. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the cuff 401, the pulse wave measurement unit 402, and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are integrated. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the cuff 401 that is not attached.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the cuff 401 is attached to a specific part.
- the artery is parallel (or substantially parallel) to the lateral direction. That is, the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are located in the upstream and downstream directions of the artery.
- the pulse wave measuring unit 402 and the pulse wave measuring unit 403 are, for example, a vibration sensor that detects vibration caused by pulsation, reflected light when a specific part is irradiated with light (visible light, near infrared light, etc.), or a specific part.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 may be different sensors.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 may be a first wavelength photoelectric sensor
- the pulse wave measurement unit 403 may be a second wavelength photoelectric sensor different from the first wavelength.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are not limited to the example described above.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 may be pressure sensors.
- the pressure is divided into signals having different periods by, for example, Fourier transform.
- the pressure control unit 404 pressurizes or depressurizes at a constant (or substantially constant) speed, the period related to the pressure caused by the pressure control unit 404 is long.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 extract a signal having a short cycle from the pressure by combining with a filter circuit or the like, or by multiplying with a digital filter, thereby causing a pulse wave due to the pulse wave. A signal can be extracted.
- the measurement subject starts measurement by operating the input unit 405.
- the input unit 405 includes a measurement start button for starting measurement, a power button, a measurement stop button for stopping measurement after the measurement is started, a left button used when selecting an item to be displayed on the display unit 406, a right button, and the like ( None of them are shown).
- the input unit 405 transmits an input signal received from the measurement subject or the like to the blood pressure estimation device 101.
- the pressure control unit 404 In response to the start of blood pressure measurement, the pressure control unit 404 refers to the internal pressure of the cuff 401 measured by the pressure measurement unit 407, and gas (for example, air), liquid, or both enclosed in the cuff 401 The pressure applied to the specific part is controlled by controlling the amount of the liquid. For example, the pressure control unit 404 controls the operation of a pump that sends a gas sealed in the cuff 401 or a valve in the cuff 401.
- gas for example, air
- the cuff 401 may have a compression bag 1006 such as a compression bag (air bag) that encloses gas or a gel bag that encloses gel or liquid.
- the cuff 401 applies pressure to the specific part according to the control executed by the pressure control unit 404.
- FIG. 7A is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a positional relationship between the cuff and the pulse wave measurement unit.
- the optimal pulse wave sensor arrangement is when the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are at both ends of the compression bag 1006. That is, this arrangement is in the compression part where it is easy to acquire a pulse wave signal, and has a great difference.
- FIG. 7A also shows a specific part and a blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 408 does not include a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- FIG. 7B is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the positional relationship between the cuff and the pulse wave measurement unit, which is different from FIG. 7A.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are arranged at both ends of the cuff so that the difference between the pulse wave signals measured by the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 is maximized. It is the structure to do.
- FIG. 7B also shows a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 408 does not include a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- FIG. 7C is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the positional relationship between the cuff and the pulse wave measurement unit.
- the configuration illustrated in FIG. 7C is a configuration in which the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are disposed at the center (or substantially the center) of the compression unit. In the case of this configuration, the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 can easily measure a pulse wave signal.
- FIG. 7C also shows a specific part and a blood flow in the specific part. However, the blood pressure measurement device 408 does not include a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- the positional relationship between the cuff and the pulse wave measurement unit is not limited to the above-described example, and may be configured in consideration of pulse wave signals and ease of measurement of differences.
- the configuration may be a configuration in which the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is arranged at the end of the compression unit and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 is arranged at the end of the cuff, or the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is arranged at the end of the compression unit and the pulse wave.
- the measurement unit 403 may be arranged near the center of the compression unit.
- the configuration may be a configuration in which the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is arranged at the end of the cuff and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 is arranged at the end of the compression unit, or the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is arranged at the end of the cuff and the pulse wave measurement.
- the configuration may be such that the portion 403 is disposed near the center of the compression portion.
- the configuration may be a configuration in which the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is disposed near the center of the compression unit and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 is disposed at the end of the compression unit, or the pulse wave measurement unit 402 is disposed near the center of the compression unit.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 403 may be arranged at the end of the cuff.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 measure the pulse wave at the specific part while the pressure control unit 404 executes control to apply pressure to the specific part.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 transmit the measured pulse wave to the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 as a pulse wave signal (that is, the pulse wave signal A and the pulse wave signal B).
- the pressure measurement unit 407 transmits the measured pressure as the pressure signal 2003 to the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101.
- the pressure measuring unit 407 discretizes the measured pressure to convert it into a digital signal (analog_digital conversion, A / D conversion), and transmits the digital signal as the pressure signal 2003.
- a part of the pressure may be extracted by applying a filter or the like that extracts a specific frequency to the signal. Further, the pressure (or pulse wave) may be amplified to a predetermined amplitude by applying an amplifier or the like.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 estimates blood pressure by executing the above-described processing. At this time, the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101 may transmit a control signal indicating control content to the pressure control unit 404.
- the display unit 406 displays the blood pressure measured by the blood pressure estimation apparatus 101.
- the display unit 406 is an LCD (Liquid_Crystal_Display), an OLED (Organic_light-emitting_diode), or electronic paper.
- LCD Liquid_Crystal_Display
- OLED Organic_light-emitting_diode
- electronic paper can be realized according to a microcapsule method, an electronic powder fluid method, a cholesteric liquid crystal method, an electrophoresis method, an electrowetting method, or the like.
- the blood pressure measurement device 408 includes the same configuration as that of the blood pressure estimation device 101, it can enjoy the same effect as the blood pressure estimation device 101. That is, according to the blood pressure measurement device 408 according to the first embodiment, blood pressure can be measured with high accuracy.
- the blood pressure measurement device 408 may be configured such that the blood pressure estimation device 101, the pulse wave measurement unit 402, the pulse wave measurement unit 403, and the like transmit and receive a pulse wave signal via a communication network.
- the input unit 405 and the display unit 406 may be outside the blood pressure measurement device 408 and connected to the blood pressure measurement device 408 via a communication network.
- the specific part may be the upper arm or the wrist.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 may detect the pulse wave via the radial artery.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a blood pressure estimation device 701 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in the blood pressure estimation apparatus 701 according to the second embodiment.
- the blood pressure estimation device 701 includes a blood pressure estimation unit 702.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 calculates a pulse wave value related to the pulse wave signal (pulse wave signal 2001 or pulse wave signal 2002) (step S801).
- the pulse wave values are pulse wave value 1 to pulse wave value 6 shown below. That is, ⁇ Pulse wave signal extreme value (that is, local maximum value, local minimum value, or both), or timing near the extreme value (substantially extreme value) (pulse wave value 1), ⁇ Pulse wave signal amplitude value (pulse wave value 2), ⁇ Pulse wave signal rises (starts rising) timing (pulse wave value 3), ⁇ Timing when the pulse wave signal falls (starts descent) (pulse wave value 4), The pulse wave signal is converted into a frequency space (frequency region), and the amplitude in the frequency space (pulse wave value 5), A pulse wave signal is converted into a frequency space, and the phase in the frequency space (pulse wave value 6).
- the vicinity of an extreme value can be defined as a value when it is within a specific range from the extreme value.
- the specific range may be a value calculated based on the fact that the magnitude of the slope (calculated by calculating differentiation, difference, etc.) relating to the target for calculating the extreme value becomes less than a predetermined value.
- the specific range is not limited to the above-described example.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 calculates a pulse wave value 1 to a pulse wave value 4 in a region corresponding to one heartbeat in the pulse wave signal.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 may calculate the pulse wave value 1 to the pulse wave value 4 by extracting a pulse wave signal having a specific period included in the pulse wave signal.
- the features of pulse wave value 1 to pulse wave value 4 are that the analysis is simple and the analysis time is short.
- the pulse wave value 5 and the pulse wave value 6 are pulse wave values related to a plurality of frequency components included in the pulse wave signal in a region corresponding to one heartbeat.
- the feature of the pulse wave value 5 and the pulse wave value 6 is that the pulse wave value can be calculated even when various frequencies are included.
- the pulse wave value may be defined as a pulse wave value when a pulse wave signal or a signal derived from the pulse wave signal, such as a differential or step difference of the pulse wave signal, satisfies a predetermined condition. It is not limited to.
- methods for converting the pulse wave signal into the frequency space include, for example, short-time Fourier transform, wavelet transform, and the like.
- Short-time Fourier transform, wavelet transform, etc. are common techniques. For this reason, description is abbreviate
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 calculates the difference regarding the pulse wave value calculated in step S801 as the feature amount for the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave signal 2002 (step S802).
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 calculates a difference in pulse wave values or a ratio of pulse wave values as a difference.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 may calculate values exemplified as the feature amount 1 to the feature amount 6 shown below as the feature amount. That is, The ratio of the pulse wave value 1 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 to the pulse wave value 1 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (characteristic 1), Difference between the pulse wave value 2 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave value 2 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (characteristic amount 2), The difference between the pulse wave value 3 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave value 3 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (characteristic amount 3), Difference between the pulse wave value 4 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave value 4 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (feature amount 4), The ratio of the pulse wave value 5 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 to the pulse wave value 5 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (feature amount 5), A difference between the pulse wave value 6 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave value 6 related to the pulse wave signal 2002 (feature amount 6).
- characteristic 1 The ratio of the pulse wave value 1 related to the pulse wave signal 2001 to the
- the difference may be an absolute value of the difference.
- the difference to be detected may be a difference, such as a ratio and a difference.
- the feature amount calculated by the blood pressure estimation unit 702 is not limited to the above-described example.
- the ratio is, for example, (pulse wave value 1 related to the pulse wave signal 2001) / (pulse wave value 1 related to the pulse wave signal 2002) or (pulse wave signal 2002). Pulse wave value 1) / (pulse wave value 1 related to pulse wave signal 2001).
- the ratio is, for example, (pulse wave value 5 related to the pulse wave signal 2001) / (pulse wave value 5 related to the pulse wave signal 2002) or (pulse wave value 5 related to the pulse wave signal 2002) /. It is assumed that (pulse wave value 5 related to pulse wave signal 2001) is expressed.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 estimates the blood pressure based on the calculated feature amount (step S803).
- the feature amount changes according to the pressure applied when measuring the pulse wave.
- the feature quantity 2 and the pressure have a relationship as shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the feature amount and the pressure.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 10 represents the pressure indicated by the pressure signal 2003, and the higher the position on the right side, the higher the pressure.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 10 represents the feature amount 2, and the higher the position is, the greater the feature amount 2 is.
- the feature amount 2 starts to increase from the vicinity where the pressure is the diastolic blood pressure, and becomes the maximum (or substantially maximum) in the vicinity where the pressure is the systolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation unit 702 calculates the pressure with the maximum difference (or near the maximum) in the feature amount as the systolic blood pressure, the difference in the feature amount is lower than a specific second value, and the pressure is The pressure when lower than the systolic blood pressure is calculated as the diastolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation device 701 according to the second embodiment includes the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, the second embodiment can enjoy the same effects as those of the first embodiment. That is, according to the blood pressure estimation device 701 according to the second embodiment, the blood pressure can be estimated with high accuracy.
- the movement of the person being measured, the vibration from the outside, the noise in the surroundings, etc. are added to the pulse wave signal as a noise signal.
- measurement signals including noise signals are S 1 and S 2
- pulse wave signals related to the measurement subject are P 1 and P 2 .
- a 1 and a 2 are sufficiently close to 1 (that is, the multiplication noise is sufficiently small), or by extracting a feature quantity that is not affected by the multiplication noise, a 1 and a 2 can be ignored, and noise Can be reduced.
- m a 1 ⁇ a 2 (Formula 5).
- a 1 and a 2 can be ignored to reduce noise. Is possible.
- Multiplication noise and addition noise are added independently to a plurality of pulse wave signals measured by a plurality of pulse wave measuring units close to the installation position. In this case, even if the values of k and m are not fixed, the noise signal component can be reduced by calculating the difference.
- the blood pressure estimation device 701 according to the second embodiment, the blood pressure can be estimated with high accuracy.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram conceptually showing the positional relationship between the cuff 1005 and the three pulse wave measurement units.
- FIG. 11 also shows a specific part and a blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1007 does not include a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1007 includes a pulse wave measurement unit 1001, a pulse wave measurement unit 1002, a pulse wave measurement unit 1003, and a cuff 1005.
- the cuff 1005 may have a compression bag 1006.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 1001, the pulse wave measurement unit 1002, and the pulse wave measurement unit 1003, at least two pulse wave measurement units sandwich the pressure center (or substantially the center) in the short direction in the cuff 1005. It is in.
- the pulse wave measuring unit 1001, the pulse wave measuring unit 1002, and the pulse wave measuring unit 1003 each measure a pulse wave at a specific part.
- measurement signals including noise are S 1 , S 2 , S 3
- pulse wave signals are P 1 , P 2 , P 3 .
- k 1 is defined according to Equation 10.
- Expression 14 represents that the influence of the multiplication noise can be ignored when a 1 is sufficiently close to a 2 and a 3 after canceling the influence of the addition noises b 1 , b 2 , and b 3 . That is, this represents that noise can be reduced.
- Equation 14 represents that the effects of these noises can be reduced by calculating the difference even if the values of k 1 and k 2 are not fixed.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus 701 can reduce the influence of noise as described above by estimating blood pressure based on three or more pulse wave signals.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram conceptually showing the positional relationship between the cuff and the four pulse wave measurement units.
- FIG. 12 also shows a specific part and a blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1008 does not include a specific part and blood flow in the specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1008 includes a pulse wave measurement unit 1001, a pulse wave measurement unit 1002, a pulse wave measurement unit 1003, a pulse wave measurement unit 1004, and a cuff 1005.
- the cuff 1005 may have a compression bag 1006.
- the pulse wave measuring unit 1001, the pulse wave measuring unit 1002, the pulse wave measuring unit 1003, and the pulse wave measuring unit 1004 each measure a pulse wave at a specific part.
- the blood pressure estimation device 701 estimates the blood pressure based on the pulse wave measurement unit 1001, the pulse wave measurement unit 1002, the pulse wave measurement unit 1003, and the pulse wave measurement unit 1004 in the same manner as the above-described processing.
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus can reduce the influence of noise based on the same reason as described above by estimating the blood pressure based on four or more pulse wave signals. .
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a blood pressure measurement device 1201 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the blood pressure measurement device 1201 according to the third embodiment.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1201 includes a cuff 401, a pulse wave measurement unit 402, a pulse wave measurement unit 403, a pressure measurement unit 407, a pressure control unit 1203, an input unit 405, a display unit 406, and a blood pressure estimation device 1202. And have.
- the pressure control unit 1203 executes control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401 in response to the start of measurement (step S1301).
- the pressure measurement unit 407 measures the internal pressure of the cuff 401 and transmits the measured pressure as the pressure signal 2003 to the blood pressure estimation device 1202.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 measure a pulse wave at a specific site, and use the measured pulse wave as a pulse wave signal (that is, the pulse wave signal 2001 and the pulse wave signal 2002). Transmit to the estimation device 1202.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1202 receives the pressure signal 2003 and the pulse wave signal, and calculates a feature amount based on the received pressure signal 2003 and the pulse wave signal. Next, the blood pressure estimation device 1202 determines whether or not the calculated feature value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (step S1302).
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus 1202 determines that the feature amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (YES in step S1302), the blood pressure estimation device 1202 calculates the pressure in the pressure signal 2003 as a diastolic blood pressure (step S1303).
- blood pressure estimation apparatus 1202 transmits a control signal for applying pressure to pressure control unit 1203.
- the pressure control unit 1203 receives the control signal, and executes control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401 in accordance with the received control signal (step S1301).
- the blood pressure estimation device 1202 transmits a control signal for applying pressure to the pressure control unit 1203 after calculating the diastolic blood pressure.
- the pressure control unit 1203 receives the control signal, and executes control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401 in accordance with the received control signal (step S1304).
- the blood pressure estimation device 1202 receives the pressure signal 2003 and the pulse wave signal after pressurization, and calculates a feature amount based on the received pressure signal 2003 and the pulse wave signal. Next, the blood pressure estimation apparatus 1202 determines whether or not the calculated feature amount is maximum (or near the maximum) (step S1305).
- the blood pressure estimation device 1202 estimates that the pressure in the pressure signal 2003 is systolic blood pressure (step S1306). .
- blood pressure estimation apparatus 1202 transmits a control signal for applying pressure to pressure control unit 1203.
- the pressure control unit 1203 receives the control signal, and executes control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401 in accordance with the received control signal (step S1304).
- the blood pressure estimation device 1202 transmits a second control signal for reducing the pressure to the pressure control unit 1203 after calculating the systolic blood pressure.
- the pressure control unit 1203 receives the second control signal, and executes control to reduce the internal pressure of the cuff 401 in accordance with the received second control signal (step S1307).
- the third embodiment can enjoy the same effects as those of the first embodiment. That is, according to the blood pressure measurement device 1201 according to the third embodiment, blood pressure can be measured with high accuracy.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1201 estimates the systolic blood pressure by applying a pressure in the vicinity of the systolic blood pressure while increasing the internal pressure of the cuff 401.
- a general blood pressure measurement apparatus pressurizes the blood pressure sufficiently higher than the systolic blood pressure, and then estimates the systolic blood pressure while reducing the internal pressure of the cuff 401.
- the systolic blood pressure can be estimated at a lower pressure than a general blood pressure measurement device.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1201 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to shorten the measurement time and further reduce the burden on the measurement subject.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a blood pressure measurement device 1401 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the blood pressure measurement device 1401 according to the fourth embodiment.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 includes a cuff 401, a pulse wave measurement unit 402, a pulse wave measurement unit 403, a pressure measurement unit 407, a pressure control unit 1403, an input unit 405, a display unit 406, and a blood pressure estimation device 1402. And have.
- the pressure control unit 1403 executes control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401 to a predetermined pressure (pressure sufficiently higher than general systolic blood pressure) in response to the measurement subject starting measurement ( Step S1501).
- the pressure control unit 1403 executes control to reduce the pressure (step S1502).
- the pressure measurement unit 407 measures the internal pressure of the cuff 401 and transmits the measured pressure as a pressure signal 2003 to the blood pressure estimation device 1402.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 measure the pulse wave at the specific part, and transmit the measured pulse wave to the blood pressure estimation device 1402 as a pulse wave signal.
- the pulse wave measurement unit 402 and the pulse wave measurement unit 403 are vibration sensors that detect vibration caused by the pulse wave.
- FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating an example of the pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit 407.
- FIG. 17B is a diagram illustrating an example of a pulse wave (hereinafter, referred to as “pulse wave signal A”) measured by the pulse wave measurement unit 402.
- FIG. 17C is a diagram illustrating an example of a pulse wave (hereinafter, referred to as “pulse wave signal B”) measured by the pulse wave measurement unit 403.
- or FIG. 17C represents time, and represents that time progresses, so that it is located on the right side.
- shaft of FIG. 17A represents a pressure and represents that a pressure rises, so that it is located on the upper side.
- the vertical axis of FIG. 17B and FIG. 17C represents the intensity of the pulse wave. The higher the position is, the lower the pulse wave intensity is, and the closer the value is to 0, the lower the pulse wave intensity is.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1402 receives the pulse wave signal A and the pulse wave signal B, and performs a short-time Fourier transform on the received pulse wave signal.
- the pulse wave at one heartbeat is Fourier transformed.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1402 calculates a signal C shown in FIG. 18A by performing a Fourier transform on the pulse wave signal A.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1402 calculates a signal D shown in FIG. 18B by performing a Fourier transform on the pulse wave signal B.
- 18A and 18B are diagrams illustrating an example of a signal calculated by Fourier transforming a pulse wave.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of the relationship between the feature amount and the pressure.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 19 represents the pressure indicated by the pressure signal 2003, and the higher the position is on the right side, the higher is the pressure.
- the vertical axis in FIG. 19 represents the feature quantity 6, and the higher the position is, the greater the feature quantity 6 is.
- the feature amount 6 starts to increase from the vicinity where the pressure is the diastolic blood pressure, and becomes maximum in the vicinity where the pressure is the systolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1402 estimates the pressure at which the difference in feature amount is maximum (or approximately maximum) as systolic blood pressure (step S1503), and the difference in feature amount is lower than a specific second value, In addition, the pressure when the pressure is lower than the systolic blood pressure is estimated to be the diastolic blood pressure (step S1505). In this case, the pressure control unit 1403 continues control to reduce the pressure (step S1504).
- the fourth embodiment can enjoy the same effects as those of the first embodiment. That is, according to the blood pressure measurement device 1401 according to the fourth embodiment, the blood pressure can be estimated with high accuracy.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 estimates blood pressure by measuring the pulse wave in the decompression process after sufficiently pressurizing. As a result, according to the blood pressure measurement device 1401 according to the present embodiment, since the pulse wave can be measured in a wider range of pressure, the blood pressure can be estimated with higher accuracy.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 does not necessarily have to estimate blood pressure only in the process of pressurizing and in the process of depressurizing as shown in the third and fourth embodiments.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 may control the pressure based on the feature amount calculated by the blood pressure estimation device 1402.
- the pressure control unit 1403 may perform control to apply the internal pressure of the cuff 401.
- the pressure control unit 1403 may perform control to reduce the internal pressure of the cuff 401.
- the blood pressure estimation device 1402 estimates the systolic blood pressure while the pressure control unit 1403 repeats pressurization and pressure reduction. Thereafter, the blood pressure measurement device 1401 estimates that the pressure at which the feature amount is equal to or less than a predetermined value is diastolic blood pressure while reducing the internal pressure of the cuff 401.
- the systolic blood pressure can be searched by repeating the pressurizing process and the depressurizing process. Therefore, according to the blood pressure measurement device 1401, the blood pressure can be estimated with higher accuracy. it can.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 may estimate blood pressure in the process of applying pressure, and may estimate blood pressure in the process of reducing pressure. In this case, the blood pressure measurement device 1401 estimates the blood pressure by, for example, averaging the two blood pressures.
- the blood pressure measurement device 1401 may repeat the pressurizing process and the depressurizing process to estimate the blood pressure in each process. In this case, the blood pressure measurement device 1401 estimates the blood pressure by, for example, averaging the measured blood pressure.
- the estimated blood pressure becomes a more accurate value by taking the average of the blood pressure calculated in the process of repeating pressurization and decompression. That is, according to the blood pressure measurement device 1401, blood pressure can be estimated with higher accuracy.
- the blood pressure estimation device may be realized using at least two calculation processing devices physically or functionally.
- the blood pressure estimation device may be realized as a dedicated device.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of a calculation processing device capable of realizing a pressure control unit in the blood pressure estimation device and the blood pressure measurement device according to the first to fourth embodiments.
- the computer 20 includes a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, hereinafter referred to as “CPU”) 21, a memory 22, a disk 23, a nonvolatile recording medium 24, an input device 25, an output device 26, and a communication interface (hereinafter referred to as “CPU”). 27) (represented as “communication IF”).
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- the nonvolatile recording medium 24 represents a computer-readable, for example, a compact disc (Compact Disc), a digital versatile disc (Digital_Versatile_Disc), or the like.
- the non-volatile recording medium 24 represents a universal serial bus memory (USB memory), a solid state drive (Solid State Drive) or the like, and retains such a program without being supplied with power so that it can be carried.
- the nonvolatile recording medium 24 is not limited to the above-described medium. Further, the program may be carried via the communication network via the communication IF 27 instead of the nonvolatile recording medium 24.
- the CPU 21 copies a software program (computer program: hereinafter simply referred to as “program”) stored in the disk 23 to the memory 22 and executes arithmetic processing.
- the CPU 21 reads data necessary for program execution from the memory 22.
- the CPU 21 displays the output result on the output device 26.
- the CPU 21 reads the program from the input device 25.
- the CPU 21 stores the memory 22 corresponding to the function (processing) represented by each unit (or pressure control unit) of the blood pressure estimation apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4, FIG. 8, FIG. 13, or FIG.
- a blood pressure estimation program (FIG. 2, FIG. 9, FIG. 14, or FIG. 16) is interpreted and executed.
- the CPU 21 sequentially executes the processes described in the above embodiments of the present invention.
- the present invention can also be achieved by such a blood pressure estimation program. Furthermore, it can be understood that the present invention can also be realized by a computer-readable non-volatile recording medium in which the blood pressure estimation program is recorded.
- a blood pressure estimation device comprising: a blood pressure estimation unit that estimates blood pressure based on pressure in a specific period and a plurality of pulse wave signals measured due to the pressure in the specific period.
- the blood pressure estimation means calculates a pulse wave value representing the pulse wave signal when the pulse wave signal in the plurality of pulse wave signals satisfies a predetermined condition, and calculates the pulse wave for the plurality of pulse wave signals.
- the blood pressure estimation device according to appendix 1, wherein the blood pressure is estimated based on a difference in values.
- the pulse wave value is a phase when the pulse wave signal is converted into a frequency space,
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus according to Supplementary Note 1 or Supplementary Note 2, wherein the difference is a difference in the phase between the plurality of pulse wave signals.
- the pulse wave value is an amplitude when the pulse wave signal is converted into a frequency space,
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the difference is a ratio of the amplitudes among the plurality of pulse wave signals.
- the pulse wave value is a timing at which the pulse wave signal becomes an extreme value or a substantially extreme value in one heartbeat,
- the blood pressure estimation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the difference is a difference in timing between the plurality of pulse wave signals.
- the pulse wave value is an amplitude when the pulse wave signal becomes an extreme value or a substantially extreme value in one heartbeat,
- the blood pressure estimation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the difference is a ratio of the amplitudes among the plurality of pulse wave signals.
- Appendix 8 The blood pressure estimation device according to any one of appendix 1 to appendix 7, wherein the blood pressure estimation means estimates that the pressure when the difference is at or near the maximum is systolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation means estimates that the pressure when the difference is at or near the maximum is lower than the pressure when the difference is equal to or less than a predetermined value is the diastolic blood pressure.
- the blood pressure estimation device according to any one of 7.
- the blood pressure estimation device is a blood pressure measurement device that estimates blood pressure in a process in which a cuff is pressurized.
- a blood pressure measurement device comprising: pressure control means for controlling the internal pressure of the cuff according to the difference.
- the blood pressure measurement device according to appendix 10 or appendix 11, wherein the blood pressure is estimated based on the blood pressure.
- the first pulse wave measuring means or the second pulse wave measuring means is a photoelectric sensor that detects reflected light when light is irradiated to a specific part or transmitted light when light is irradiated to a specific part.
- the blood pressure measurement device according to any one of appendix 12 to appendix 14.
- Appendix 16 The blood pressure measurement device according to any one of appendix 12 to appendix 15, wherein the first pulse wave measurement unit or the second pulse wave measurement unit is a pressure sensor that measures pressure.
- the blood pressure measurement device according to any one of supplementary notes 10 to 16, wherein the blood pressure is estimated based on the blood pressure.
- a blood pressure estimation method that estimates a blood pressure based on a pressure in a specific period and a difference between a plurality of pulse wave signals measured due to the pressure in the specific period using an information processing device.
- Appendix 20 Records a blood pressure estimation program that causes a computer to realize a blood pressure estimation function that estimates blood pressure based on pressure in a specific period and differences in a plurality of pulse wave signals measured due to the pressure in the specific period Recording media to be used.
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Description
特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定手段
を備える。
情報処理装置を用いて、特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する。
本発明の第1の実施形態に係る血圧推定装置101が有する構成と、血圧推定装置101が実行する処理とについて、図1と図2とを参照しながら詳細に説明する。図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る血圧推定装置101が有する構成を示すブロック図である。図2は、第1の実施形態に係る血圧推定装置101における処理の流れを示すフローチャートである。
次に、上述した第1の実施形態を基本とする本発明の第2の実施形態について説明する。
・脈波信号の極値(すなわち、極大値、極小値、または、その両者)、または、極値付近(略極値)のタイミング・・・(脈波値1)、
・脈波信号の振幅値・・・(脈波値2)、
・脈波信号が立ち上がる(上昇を開始する)タイミング・・・(脈波値3)、
・脈波信号が立ち下がる(下降を開始する)タイミング・・・(脈波値4)、
・脈波信号を周波数空間(周波数領域)に変換し、該周波数空間における振幅・・・(脈波値5)、
・脈波信号を周波数空間に変換し、該周波数空間における位相・・・(脈波値6)。
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値1と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値1との比・・・(特徴量1)、
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値2と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値2との差・・・(特徴量2)、
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値3と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値3との差・・・(特徴量3)、
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値4と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値4との差・・・(特徴量4)、
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値5と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値5との比・・・(特徴量5)、
・脈波信号2001に関する脈波値6と、脈波信号2002に関する脈波値6との差・・・(特徴量6)。
S1=P1×a1+b1・・・(式1)、
S2=P2×a2+b2・・・(式2)、
(ただし、a1及びa2は、それぞれ、脈波信号S1及び脈波信号S2に関する乗算ノイズを表す。また、b1及びb2は、それぞれ、脈波信号S1及び脈波信号S2に関する加算ノイズを表す)。
k=b1÷b2・・・(式3)。
S1-k×S2=P1×a1-P2×k×a2・・・(式4)。
m=a1÷a2・・・(式5)。
S1÷m÷S2=(P1+b1÷a1)÷(P2+m×b2÷a1)・・・(式6)。
S1=P1×a1+b1・・・(式7)、
S2=P2×a2+b2・・・(式8)、
S3=P3×a3+b3・・・(式9)、
(ここで、a1、a2、及び、a3は、脈波信号に関する乗算ノイズ、b1、b2、及び、b3は、脈波信号に関する加算ノイズである)。
k1=b1÷b2・・・(式10)、
k2=b1÷b3・・・(式11)。
S1-k1×S2=P1×a1-P2×k1×a2・・・(式12)、
S1-k2×S3=P1×a1-P3×k2×a3・・・(式13)。
(S1-k1×S2)÷(S1-k2×S3)=(P1-P2×k1×a2÷a1)÷(P1-P3×k2×a3÷a1)・・・(式14)。
次に、上述した第1の実施形態を基本とする本発明の第3の実施形態について説明する。
次に、上述した第3の実施形態を基本とする本発明の第4の実施形態について説明する。
上述した本発明の各実施形態における血圧推定装置を、1つの計算処理装置(情報処理装置、コンピュータ)を用いて実現するハードウェア資源の構成例について説明する。但し、係る血圧推定装置は、物理的または機能的に少なくとも2つの計算処理装置を用いて実現してもよい。また、係る血圧推定装置は、専用の装置として実現してもよい。
(付記1)
特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定手段
を備える血圧推定装置。
前記血圧推定手段は、前記複数の脈波信号における脈波信号が、所定の条件を満たす場合における前記脈波信号を表す脈波値を算出し、前記複数の脈波信号に関して算出する前記脈波値の違いに基づき前記血圧を推定する
付記1に記載の血圧推定装置。
前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号を周波数空間に変換する場合における位相であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記位相の差である
付記1または付記2に記載の血圧推定装置。
前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号を周波数空間に変換する場合における振幅であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記振幅の比である
付記1または付記2に記載の血圧推定装置。
前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号が1心拍において極値または略極値となるタイミングであり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記タイミングの差である
付記1または付記2に記載の血圧推定装置。
前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号が1心拍において極値または略極値となる場合の振幅であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記振幅の比である
付記1または付記2に記載の血圧推定装置。
血圧推定手段は、前記違いが最大または最大付近となる場合における圧力を、収縮期血圧であると推定する
付記1乃至付記7のいずれかに記載の血圧推定装置。
血圧推定手段は、前記違いが最大または最大付近となる場合における圧力よりも低く、さらに、前記違いが、所定の値以下となる場合における圧力を、拡張期血圧であると推定する
付記1乃至付記7のいずれかに記載の血圧推定装置。
付記1乃至付記9のいずれかに記載の血圧推定装置
を備え、
前記血圧推定装置は、カフが加圧する過程において、血圧を推定する
血圧測定装置。
付記1乃至付記9のいずれかに記載の血圧推定装置と、
前記違いに応じて、カフの内圧を制御する圧力制御手段と
を備える血圧測定装置。
動脈の上流側において、特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第1脈波計測手段と、
前記動脈の下流側において、前記特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における前記脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第2脈波計測手段と
をさらに備え、
前記血圧推定装置は、前記第1脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号と、前記第2脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号とを受信し、受信した2つの前記脈波信号に基づき、前記血圧を推定する
付記10または付記11に記載の血圧測定装置。
前記第1脈波計測手段と、前記第2脈波計測手段とは、前記カフの短手方向の加圧中心または略中心を挟むように位置する
付記12に記載の血圧測定装置。
前記第1脈波計測手段、または、前記第2脈波計測手段は、振動を検出する振動センサである
付記12または付記13に記載の血圧測定装置。
前記第1脈波計測手段、または、前記第2脈波計測手段は、特定部位に光を照射した際の反射光、または、特定部位に光を照射した際の透過光を検出する光電センサである
付記12乃至付記14のいずれかに記載の血圧測定装置。
前記第1脈波計測手段、または、前記第2脈波計測手段は、圧力を測定する圧力センサである
付記12乃至付記15のいずれかに記載の血圧測定装置。
動脈の上流側において、特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第1脈波計測手段と、
前記動脈の下流側において、前記特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における前記脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第2脈波計測手段と
をさらに備え、
前記血圧推定装置は、前記第1脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号と、前記第2脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号とを受信し、受信した2つの前記脈波信号に基づき、前記血圧を推定する
付記10乃至付記16のいずれかに記載の血圧測定装置。
情報処理装置を用いて、特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定方法。
特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定機能
をコンピュータに実現させる血圧推定プログラムを記録する記録媒体。
102 血圧推定部
2001 脈波信号
2002 脈波信号
2003 圧力信号
401 カフ
402 脈波計測部
403 脈波計測部
404 圧力制御部
405 入力部
406 表示部
407 圧力計測部
408 血圧測定装置
701 血圧推定装置
702 血圧推定部
1001 脈波計測部
1002 脈波計測部
1003 脈波計測部
1004 脈波計測部
1005 カフ
1006 圧迫袋
1007 血圧測定装置
1008 血圧測定装置
1201 血圧測定装置
1202 血圧推定装置
1203 圧力制御部
1401 血圧測定装置
1402 血圧推定装置
1403 圧力制御部
20 計算処理装置
21 CPU
22 メモリ
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24 不揮発性記録媒体
25 入力装置
26 出力装置
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Claims (10)
- 特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定手段
を備える血圧推定装置。 - 前記血圧推定手段は、前記複数の脈波信号における脈波信号が、所定の条件を満たす場合における前記脈波信号を表す脈波値を算出し、前記複数の脈波信号に関して算出する前記脈波値の違いに基づき前記血圧を推定する
請求項1に記載の血圧推定装置。 - 前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号を周波数空間に変換する場合における位相であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記位相の差である
請求項1または請求項2に記載の血圧推定装置。 - 前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号を周波数空間に変換する場合における振幅であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記振幅の比である
請求項1または請求項2に記載の血圧推定装置。 - 前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号が1心拍において極値または略極値となるタイミングであり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記タイミングの差である
請求項1または請求項2に記載の血圧推定装置。 - 前記脈波値は、前記脈波信号が1心拍において極値または略極値となる場合の振幅であり、
前記違いは、前記複数の脈波信号間における前記振幅の比である
請求項1または請求項2に記載の血圧推定装置。 - 請求項1乃至請求項6のいずれかに記載の血圧推定装置と、
前記違いに応じて、カフの内圧を制御する圧力制御手段と
を備える血圧測定装置。 - 動脈の上流側において、特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第1脈波計測手段と、
前記動脈の下流側において、前記特定の圧力に起因して、前記特定の期間における前記脈波を測定し、測定した前記脈波を前記脈波信号として前記血圧推定装置に送信する第2脈波計測手段と
をさらに備え、
前記血圧推定装置は、前記第1脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号と、前記第2脈波計測手段が送信する前記脈波信号とを受信し、受信した2つの前記脈波信号に基づき、前記血圧を推定する
請求項7に記載の血圧測定装置。 - 情報処理装置を用いて、特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定方法。
- 特定の期間における圧力と、該特定の期間において、前記圧力に起因して測定される複数の脈波信号の違いとに基づき、血圧を推定する血圧推定機能
をコンピュータに実現させる血圧推定プログラムを記録する記録媒体。
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