Patents Assigned to ICHIKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11278212
    Abstract: An intracranial pressure estimating method includes: an acquisition step (S10) of acquiring time-series data on external ear canal pressure pulse waves of a subject; an analysis step (S12) of analyzing external ear canal pressure pulse wave data obtained by digitalizing the time-series data on the external ear canal pressure pulse waves, to calculate a first formant frequency of the external ear canal pressure pulse wave data; a correction step (S13) of correcting the calculated first formant frequency based on personal information on the subject to calculate a corrected value; and an estimation step (S14) of calculating an estimated value of an intracranial pressure based on the calculated corrected value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: ICHIKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norio Koike, Satoshi Yasumoto, Jun Nakano, Yukio Sai, Kenji Furihata, Tetsuya Goto, Kazuhiro Hongo
  • Publication number: 20190328248
    Abstract: An intracranial pressure estimating method includes: an acquisition step (S10) of acquiring time-series data on external ear canal pressure pulse waves of a subject; an analysis step (S12) of analyzing external ear canal pressure pulse wave data obtained by digitalizing the time-series data on the external ear canal pressure pulse waves, to calculate a first formant frequency of the external ear canal pressure pulse wave data; a correction step (S13) of correcting the calculated first formant frequency based on personal information on the subject to calculate a corrected value; and an estimation step (S14) of calculating an estimated value of an intracranial pressure based on the calculated corrected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicants: ICHIKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norio KOIKE, Satoshi YASUMOTO, Jun NAKANO, Yukio SAI, Kenji FURIHATA, Tetsuya GOTO, Kazuhiro HONGO