摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for displaying or printing used to evaluate quality of sleep to enable a sleep inspection at home without requiring measurement of brain waves, a method, a computer program, a breathing assistance device, a breathing assistance device for a chronic cardiac disease patient, a sleep introduction device, a massage device, and an inspection device. <P>SOLUTION: A waveform in which a high frequency component of a heartbeat variation waveform varying with time is processed by wavelet conversion. Temporal transition of power of the frequency corresponding to the sleep period (ultradian rhythm) is displayed or printed. The apparatus is configured so that a medical person can evaluate the quality of sleep from clarity, number, and position of the peak in the temporal transition graph. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |