| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vascular endothelium function testing instrument which can prevent the expansion of a cuff wound around a part of a living body from hindering the measurement of the diameter of a blood vessel. SOLUTION: The vascular endothelium function testing instrument 30 has an elbow supporting member 86 receiving and supporting the vicinity of the elbow of the living body 14 and a dorsum manus supporting member 88 receiving and supporting the dorsum manus of the living body 14, and floats the cuff 74 wound around the forearm of the living body 14 into a space during examination and measurement. Consequently, since the expansion of the cuff 74 appropriately restrains the forearm from moving, a relative movement is prevented from occurring between an ultrasonic probe 12 supported by a sensor holding device 10 due to the movement of the forearm associated with the expansion of the cuff 74, and the brachial artery 20 to which the probe is applied and a stable image of a blood vessel can be obtained and the occurrence of hindrance to the measurement of the diameter of the blood vessel can be suitably solved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
