DEVICE FOR MEASURING BONE, DENSITY AT DISTAL END OF RADIUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To find a prescribed measurement point on the forearm securely and easily for carrying out the prescribed measurement precisely. SOLUTION: This bone density measuring device has a mounting table 3 for mounting the forearm 2 with the distal end of the ulna fixed at a prescribed position, a measuring part 7 comprised of an ultrasonic wave sending part 5 to make ultrasonic waves come in the radius of the forearm 2 and an ultrasonic wave receiving part to receive transmitted waves transmitted through the radius, an operation processing part for the waveform process and operation of signals received by the ultrasonic wave receiving part and a guide means 12 for guiding the measuring part 7 to a measurement point, which is to the radius side from the distal end of the ulna by a prescribed rate of the width of the wrist 9 in the width direction of the forearm 2 and to the elbow 10 side from the distal end of the ulna by a prescribed length in the length direction of the forearm 2.