Superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index measuring apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for measuring a superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index of a living subject, including a first blood-pressure measuring device which measures a first blood pressure of an inferior limb of the subject, a second blood-pressure measuring device which measures a second blood pressure of a superior limb of the subject, an index determining device for determining the superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index, based on the first blood pressure measured by the first blood-pressure measuring device and the second blood pressure measured by the second blood-pressure measuring device, an information obtaining device which obtains propagation-velocity-relating information relating to a velocity of propagation of a pulse wave which propagates between two different portions of the subject, and a display device which simultaneously displays the superior-and-inferior-limb blood-pressure index determined by the index determining device and the propagation-velocity-relating information obtained by the information obtaining device.

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