Living body inspecting apparatus and noninvasive blood analyzer using the same

A non-invasive blood analyzer, comprising:

• an analyzing section for calculating information on blood flowing through a blood vessel by analyzing an image of a tissue including the blood vessel obtained by an apparatus for living body inspection, said apparatus including,
• a base for mounting a portion of a living body to be inspected,
• a pair of opposing sidewall members, said sidewall members being distinct from and separated from each other, each side wall member being pivotally supported by said base such that the side wall member pivots about a first axis said side wall member being capable of holding the portion of the living body therebetween from both sides thereof,
• a cover member pivotally supported by said base such that said cover member pivots about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis;
• a light source section for supplying a light to the portion of the living body held on the base and between the sidewall members, and
• a light receiving section for detecting optical information from the mounted portion of the living body supplied with the light, the light receiving section including an image capturing element;
• and
• an outputting section for outputting the calculated information.

A non-invasive blood analyzer, comprising:

• an analyzing section for calculating information on blood flowing through a blood vessel by analyzing an image of a tissue including the blood vessel obtained by an apparatus for living body inspection, said apparatus including,
• a base for mounting a portion of a living body to be inspected,
• sidewall members holding a mounted portion of the living body therebetween from both sides thereof, said sidewall members being distinct from and separated from each other,
• a light source section for supplying a light to the portion of the living body held on the base and between the sidewall members, and
• a light receiving section for detecting optical information from the mounted portion of the living body supplied with the light, the light receiving section including an image capturing element;
• an outputting section for outputting the calculated information;
• and a light quantity controlling section for controlling a quantity of the light of the light source section on the basis of image information obtained by the image capturing element.

An apparatus for living body inspection, comprising:

• a base for mounting a portion of a living body to be inspected;
• a pair of opposing sidewall members, each sidewall member being pivotally supported by said base such that the side wall member pivots about a first axis, said side wall members being capable of holding the portion of the living body therebetween from both sides thereof;
• a cover member pivotally supported by said base such that said cover member pivots about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis;
• a light source section for supplying a light to the portion of the living body held on the base and between the sidewall members;
• and
• a light receiving section for detecting optical information from the mounted portion of the living body supplied with the light,
• wherein the base member includes a supporting member for supporting the sidewall members such that the sidewall members are movable to approach each other, and an urging member for urging the sidewall members toward each other.