| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (10) for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, comprising an inferior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device (18, 24, 36) which includes an inferior-limb cuff (18) adapted to be wound around an inferior limb (12) of the subject and which measures an inferior-limb blood pressure of the inferior limb; a superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device (20, 24, 36) which includes a superior-limb cuff (20) adapted to be wound around a superior limb (14) of the subject and which measures a superior-limb blood pressure of the superior limb; a blood-pressure-index determining means (84) for determining the superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index, based on the inferior-limb blood pressure measured by the inferior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device and the superior-limb blood pressure measured by the superior-limb-blood-pressure measuring device; an inferior-limb-pulse-wave detecting device (18L, 18R, 32c, 32d) which is adapted to be worn on an inferior limb (12) of the subject and which detects an inferior-limb pulse wave from the inferior limb; and a stenosis-relating-pulse-wave-information obtaining device (68, 62, 64) which obtains, based on the inferior-limb pulse wave detected by the inferior-limb-pulse-wave detecting device, stenosis-relating pulse-wave information which changes in relation with a degree of stenosis of an artery of the inferior limb. <IMAGE></p> |
