Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a bag-like pressing cuff wound around a measurement target site of a living body; a back plate arranged on the living body side of the pressing cuff; a bag-like sensing cuff arranged on the living body side of the back plate; a supply device configured to supply a fluid into the cuffs; first guides arranged on the living body side of the pressing cuff and configured to form wrinkles in a direction intersecting the winding direction; and second guides arranged on the living body side of the sensing cuff and configured to form wrinkles in the direction intersecting the winding direction.

Abstract: The keep safe ring is the only product of its kind that incorporates advanced technologies such as pressure sensors and perimeter reading settings to provide maximum protection for its users. The keep safe rings is uniquely designed with lightweight waterproof materials and can be paired with multiple cellular devices to increase accessibility and functionality. In addition to providing accurate GPS tracking, the keep safe ring is capable of checking vital signs via a special health sensor that measures blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen levels, and body temperature that can be viewed via the display screen that also shows the time, date and any upcoming appointments the user may have. Furthermore, strategic buttons that surround the ring include a panic button to be pressed three times consecutively to note when the wearer is in danger.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor module, a method for manufacturing a sensor module, and a blood pressure measurement device with a highly smooth surface and high sensor accuracy. A sensor module 63 includes: a pressure sensor portion 71; a sensor base 72 including a support wall portion 72a with flow holes 72d to 72g formed extending through the support wall portion 72a from one main surface side to the other main surface side, the pressure sensor portion 71 being disposed on the one main surface side of the sensor base 72; a sensor head cover 73 including an opening 73a at a position opposite a sensor 71a and disposed on the one main surface side of the support wall portion 72a of the sensor base 72 with a gap 79 that communicates with the flow holes 72d to 72g and the opening 73a formed therebetween; and a soft portion 74 disposed in the opening 73a that covers the pressure sensor portion 71.

Abstract: A blood pressure information measurement device, including first and second fluid bags in the first fluid bag; a pressure mechanism increases/decreases pressure in an internal space of the first fluid bag and the pressure in the internal space of the second bag; a control unit controls operation of the pressure mechanism; a pressure detection device detects an internal pressure of the first and the second fluid bag; and a calculation unit that calculates blood pressure information detected by the device. In calculating blood pressure information, the control unit controls operation of the pressure increase/reduction mechanism after the internal space of one fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded until internal pressure of one fluid bag reaches a predetermined pressure, the internal space of the other fluid bag of the first and second fluid bags pressurized and expanded while the one bag is kept sealed.

Abstract: A convenient self-locking blood pressure cuff facilitating one-handed use by a user taking his own blood pressure includes a cuff belt, a casing assembly, and a self-locking structure. The self-locking structure is received in the casing assembly. The self-locking structure includes a core shaft, a locking assembly, and a pressing assembly. The core shaft is slidably connected to the casing assembly. The locking assembly and the pressing assembly are wrapped around the core shaft. The locking assembly can rotate when a free end of the cuff belt moves with respect to the casing assembly. The locking assembly can further press against the cuff belt when the core shaft slides in the casing assembly. The pressing assembly presses against the locking assembly to prevent the locking assembly from rotating back.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a control unit configured to: acquire information about a predetermined travel route of a vehicle that travels with a plurality of users on board; acquire a current position of the vehicle; compare the current position of the vehicle and the predetermined travel route against each other, and perform determination as to whether the vehicle is traveling along the predetermined travel route or not; and issue a notification to a predetermined device, in a case where a deviation of the vehicle from the predetermined travel route is determined.

Abstract: A convenient self-locking blood pressure cuff facilitating one-handed use by a user taking his own blood pressure includes a cuff belt, a casing assembly, and a self-locking structure. The self-locking structure is received in the casing assembly. The self-locking structure includes a core shaft, a locking assembly, and a pressing assembly. The core shaft is slidably connected to the casing assembly. The locking assembly and the pressing assembly are wrapped around the core shaft. The locking assembly can rotate when a free end of the cuff belt moves with respect to the casing assembly. The locking assembly can further press against the cuff belt when the core shaft slides in the casing assembly. The pressing assembly presses against the locking assembly to prevent the locking assembly from rotating back.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body; a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to the device main body, and further configured to be mounted on the wrist; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided on a side of the sensing cuff nearer to the curler; a rubber plate provided between the curler and the back plate and configured to elastically deform; a pressing cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the strap; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body; a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, including one end and another end separated from each other, also configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to the device main body; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided between the curler and the sensing cuff and extending in a circumferential direction of the wrist; a pressing cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the strap and configured to press the sensing cuff; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.

Abstract: Compression garment systems and methods may deliver fluid to one or more fluid cells using a target pressure and an adjustable manifold pressure that may be adjusted to, for example, deliver an amount of fluid to the one or more fluid cells to achieve the desired target pressure. Further, the compression garment systems and methods may provide a graphical user interface depicting a human-shaped graphical element and a compression therapy graphical indication about the human-shaped graphical element. The compression therapy graphical indication may indicate, or show, where on the human-shaped graphical element the compression therapy may be delivered to. Still further, the compression garment systems and methods may include or use a communication interface to determine or identify a compression garment to be used therewith. The identity of the compression garment can be used to configure compression therapy for the compression garment.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a holder configured to be mounted on a wrist of a living body and come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a sensing cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; and a cuff provided on a side of the holder nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.

Abstract: A low-profile blood pressure measurement system and methods of use are disclosed. The system includes an expandable member or structure that has a multi-compartment structure and/or is mounted on a rigid surface or structure. The system is incorporated into a portable multi-function device, or is configured to communicate with a portable multi-function device.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blood pressure measurement cuff includes preparing an outer cloth, preparing an inner cloth, and forming a bag-shaped portion. The bag-shaped portion has an opening on a peripheral edge of the bag-shaped portion. A curler is inserted into the bag-shaped portion through the opening, the curler being flexible and configured to curve and conform to the measurement site. An air bladder is formed by welding the opening of the bag-shaped portion such that the air bladder surrounds an inner side and an outer side of the curler thereby containing the curler. The outer cloth is attached to an outer surface on a first side of the air bladder configured to be opposite to the measurement site, and the inner cloth is attached to an outer surface on a second side of the air bladder configured to be towards the measurement site.

Abstract: An electronic device for identifying occurrence of hypotension and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a user interface, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor exposed through at least part of the housing, a motion sensor disposed in the housing, at least one processor operatively coupled with the user interface, the PPG sensor, and the motion sensor, and a memory operatively coupled with the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to, based on first data from the motion sensor indicating a change of a selected pattern, identify a blood pressure value based at least in part on second data from the PPG sensor, and based on the identified blood pressure value being lower than a first threshold, provide a notification through the user interface.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer of the present invention includes a bag-shaped sensing cuff to be worn to wrap a measurement site, a back plate disposed on the sensing cuff along a surface opposite to the measurement site, a pressing member for pressing the back plate toward the measurement site, and a blood-pressure calculating part calculating a blood pressure based on a pressure of a fluid stored in the sensing cuff. Regarding a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the measurement site to be wrapped by the sensing cuff, a dimension of the back plate in a width direction along the longitudinal direction is larger than a dimension of the sensing cuff in the width direction.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes a curler configured to bend along a circumferential direction of a wrist of a living body, and configured to come into contact with a portion of the wrist at least between a dorsal side and a palmar side; a strap provided to a device main body, and configured to cover an outer surface of the curler; a sensing cuff arranged in a region of the wrist where arteries exist; a back plate provided on a side of the sensing cuff nearer to the curler; a rubber plate provided on a side of the back plate nearer to the curler; a pressing cuff provided between the curler and the rubber plate; and a cuff provided on a side of the curler nearer to the living body and arranged on the dorsal side of the wrist.

Abstract: A method for monitoring pressure of blood in an artery may include contacting a non-invasive sensor of a pressure of blood monitoring device at an area above an artery of a finger, collecting with the sensor one or more pressure data readings, other than readings corresponding to an air pressure reading, from the area after the contacting and after a pressure is exerted at the area on the sensor; and analyzing with a computing device the one or more pressure data readings to generate at least one of a blood pressure reading and a heart pulse reading.

Abstract: Described are apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, software), and methods for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient which incorporates secondary information. The apparatus may be a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, an ECG or other biometric device in communication with an electronic device having communication ability. The devices detect a cardiac or other biometric measurement and correlate the detected information with secondary information, such as GPS data, to produce a contextualized measurement.

Abstract: The instrument according to the present invention includes a band-like belt worn around a wrist, and a main body disposed at a portion of the belt corresponding to the volar surface or the dorsal surface of the wrist. An element for executing a blood pressure measuring function is mounted in the main body. A battery for supplying electric power to the element mounted in the main body is disposed at a portion of the belt located away from the main body in the circumferential direction around the wrist. A wire is provided in the belt, extends in the circumferential direction along the fluid bag, and electrically connects the element mounted in the main body and the battery. In the belt, the wire is disposed away from the fluid bag in the width direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction and extends along an edge section of the belt.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel stretching device for the stretching the wrist and elbow as part of the treatment for lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow). Consisting of a vertically (normally wall) mounted device with different embodiments being designed for lateral and medial epicondylitis ailments. For tennis elbow the device includes an angular support projecting from a padded vertical section where the back of the hand is placed. This angular support gradually pushes the back of the fingers guiding the hand into a fist, the optimal stretch for tennis elbow. The golfer's elbow version is designed to accept a palm out fingers up hand. It has a finger and compressible palm support section of different depths, the differences support a gentle stretch of the fingers, when the palm is pushed forward and away from the body.

Abstract: To provide a bag-shaped structure that can suppress expansion of the side wall portion and improve the vascular compression property. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion and including a bent portion bent toward the internal space; and a reinforcing member provided on each of the pair of side wall portions, having a higher hardness than the side wall portion, and having shape followability in a direction of wrapping around the living body.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a cuff and a main body. The main body is equipped with a substrate, a pump and a pressure sensor that are attached to one surface of the substrate, and a plate-shaped member opposed to an other surface of the substrate on an opposite side of the one surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The other surface of the substrate and an opposing surface of the plate-shaped member opposed to the other surface constitute the planar direction passage extending in a planar direction along the other surface of the substrate. The planar direction passage communicates with a fluid bag of the cuff. The sphygmomanometer further includes a pressurization controller and a blood pressure calculator. The pressurization controller controls pressing the measured site through the planar direction passage. The blood pressure calculator calculates a blood pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to an upper extremity restraint which uses moveable non-adhesive restraint strappings and a reversible rigid platform, which enables a caregiver to ensure the patient's secure upper limb positioning for intravenous site maintenance. The present invention also includes an upper extremity restraint which uses parallel openings in the backbone restraint, which enable the immobilization of the upper limb through use of tie down restraining to prevent formation of hematomas or other types of patient injury caused by IV catheter site interruption or displacement.

Abstract: A fluid bladder includes multiple segment bladders that are each formed by folding one sheet in half in a width direction X extending along an artery passing through the measurement site, welding or adhering edge portions on a side opposite to the folding location for folding in half, and welding or adhering edge portions in a lengthwise direction Y. The multiple segment bladders are stacked in a width direction orthogonal to the measurement site and integrated, and the folding locations are arranged alternatingly on opposite sides in the width direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to first aid articles and more specifically tourniquets suitable for one handed application. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a tourniquet having a base defining first and second ends. A constricting band is attached to and extends from the first end of the base. A handle is engaged with the constricting band. The constricting band engages a self cinching buckle which includes polygonal frame member and a self cinching member engaged with the polygonal frame member. A hook member is attached to the first end of the base and is configured to engage the polygonal frame member.

Abstract: A therapeutic pressure applicator with a sensor and transceiver is worn by a patient during daily activity to apply pressure to a specific body part, and used in a system with a device such as a cell phone to receive and display real-time pressure data to alert the patient and physician when the pressure is outside a desired range. The applicator includes a securement member and a pressure adjusting device with a pressure adjusting dial, pressure sensing component, pressure focusing plate and cushion. Rotating the dial retracts or extends the sensing component, focusing plate and cushion. The applicator has a computer module with a CPU, memory, transceiver, power source and a force sensor. A pressure button is pressed into engagement with the sensor to transmit real-time focused pressure data to the CPU. The transceiver communicates the real-time cushion pressure data to the cell phone that displays and stores the data.

Abstract: A hemostatic device includes a flexible band configured to be wrapped around a part of an arm to be subjected to hemostasis in which a radial artery and an ulnar artery are disposed, a securing portion that secures the band in a state of being wrapped around the arm, a first inflatable portion connected to the band to press a part to be subjected to hemostasis located in the radial artery by being inflated in response to injection of a fluid, a second inflatable portion disposed at a different position from the position of the first inflatable portion in the longitudinal direction of the band to press the ulnar artery by being inflated in response to injection of a fluid, and an auxiliary balloon disposed between the band and the second inflatable portion such that at least a portion overlaps the second inflatable portion and presses the second inflatable portion.

Abstract: An air circuit structure comprises the air circuit box, an air charging pump, a cuff air nozzle, air discharging valves and an air pressure examination sensor. The air circuit box comprises a shell with a cavity formed inside. The shell is provided with an access port, an air charging port and an air inlet port spaced apart, and the access port, the air charging port and the air inlet port are all connected to the cavity.

Abstract: Orthopaedic device and a method of use thereof are provided for treating a bone fracture. The orthopaedic device includes a sheet cover configured to extend over a portion of a patient's skin corresponding to a bone fracture under the skin, the sheet cover configured to form an enclosed volume between the portion of the patient's skin and the sheet cover, wherein the sheet cover comprises a vacuum port, the vacuum port configured to apply a vacuum to withdraw a gaseous volume from the enclosed volume and a member, the member configured to be in the enclosed volume, the member configured to deform in at least a direction towards the skin and apply a force to the fracture.

Abstract: A blood pressure device having a cylindrical drum cuff housing adapted to measure the circumference of either a right or left arm and administer a blood pressure test. The drum cuff housing is connected to a knuckle support assembly adapted to provide freedom of movement for postural positioning before and during the blood pressure test.

Abstract: A compression device for freeing a ring trapped on a digit includes a rigid outer body. The rigid outer body includes a digit cavity extending from a cavity opening at a body proximal end of the body towards a body distal end of the body, a fluid inlet, and a fluid flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to one or more inflation chambers positioned in the digit cavity. The body proximal end includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and two laterally spaced-apart side portions. At least one side portion is distally recessed as compared to the upper and lower portions to accommodate an interdigital fold. At least one flexible bladder lines the digit cavity, each flexible bladder defining at least one wall of one of the one or more inflation chambers.

Abstract: The system and method for measuring arterial pressure by its effects consists of a six-stage procedure and three devices; the procedure to indirectly measure diastolic arterial pressure controls the tasks of a first device applying a measured gradual external contact force, a second sensor device of arterial that records arterial expression, and a third device which is a device to measure and detect the arterial cycle diastolic and systolic period in order to provide the diastolic arterial pressure value using an indirect method. Additionally, systolic arterial pressure is measured with no overpressure due to heartbeats produced after arterial occlusion.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer cuff for a wearable sphygmomanometer includes a cuff body for wrapping around a predetermined portion of a body. The cuff body includes an air bag, a retaining plate, and an air tube. The air bag includes a top layer, a bottom layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between and spacing apart the top layer and the bottom layer. A sealed cavity is defined between the top layer and the bottom layer. The intermediate layer has a rough surface. The retaining plate is attached to an outer surface of the top layer of the air bag. The air tube extends through the retaining plate and connects with the sealed cavity of the air bag.

Abstract: A system including method and device with attachments and elements as a means of enhancing vascular access or other medical procedures, such as wound care or diagnostics, or for general medical purposes by effectively stabilizing patients' upper or lower extremities in a safer, more reliable, less intrusive and less costly manner. One embodiment indicates a rigid device with attachments for securing and immobilizing the rigid device and a shape and inflatable pressure cuffs (211) or bands for stabilizing the extremity to the device by eliminating or reducing the number of involved medical personnel, reducing risk of injury or trauma such as medical adhesive related skin injuries or contusions and eliminating or reducing the need for sedation to accomplish the medical procedure especially in children, infants, neonates, and preemies. Other embodiments include multiple sizes, shapes, dimensions, materials and elements necessary to accomplish safe stabilization of an extremity.

Abstract: A tourniquet cuff for placement on a limb, having an inflatable body which encloses an inflatable chamber and which can be inflated with a compressed gas so as to create blood flow restriction in the limb, with the inflatable body being formed from an elongated support made of a bendable support material extending along a longitudinal direction and from a stretchable wall made of a stretchable material attached to the support. To enable thorough and easy cleaning and sterilization of the tourniquet cuff and easy placement on a limb and to ensure the most uniform possible distribution of the pressure exerted by the tourniquet cuff on the limb, the stretchable wall is affixed to the elongated support while the stretchable material is stretched at least in the longitudinal direction. A method of manufacturing the tourniquet cuff is also disclosed.

Abstract: Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single, patient-worn cuff.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement cuff includes a belt-shaped body and a ring having a temporary fastening structure that allows a region continuous with the outer circumferential end of the belt-shaped body to be pulled through the ring away from the measurement site during attachment and suppresses a case in which the region continuous with the outer circumferential end of the belt-shaped body is pulled back through the ring by elastic force of the measurement site. The temporary fastening structure includes a sleeve member fitted around a second side of the ring for pivoting around the second side. The sleeve member includes a first region that allows the outer cloth to slide and a second region having a projection that applies friction to the outer cloth in that order from an upstream side toward a downstream side with respect to a direction in which the belt-shaped body is pulled.

Abstract: A fluid bladder has a first fluid bladder region that inflates due to receiving a supply of fluid and is contained in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of a measurement site in a lengthwise direction of a cuff, the portion corresponding to a first half surface, where an artery is. Also, the fluid bladder has an expansion region that is expanded due to an action from outside, and is contained at a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the measurement site that corresponds to a second half surface, in the lengthwise direction of the cuff. During inflation for blood pressure measurement, a stroke amount by which the expansion region expands is larger in the thickness direction than a stroke amount by which the first fluid bladder region swells.

Abstract: A control docking station system for controlling locking engagement between a first female member and a male member that together form a locking mechanism. The first female member is connected to a safety device. The male member can be locked to and released from the first female member. The system includes a controller configured to sense an unsafe interlock signal. A second female member is operably connected to the controllers housing. Each female member includes a receiver base and a pair of pivoting locking tabs that is engageable with a key-like projection on the male member. The male member may be unlocked from the first female member when the controller senses an interruption to the unsafe interlock signal or if the unsafe interlock signal is overridden. The male member may be docked in the second female member during safe circumstances and/or the safety device is unused.

Abstract: Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single, patient-worn cuff.

Abstract: A sleeve for use with a tourniquet cuff to protect a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury includes a stretchable body extending longitudinally over a sleeve length between a proximal end and a distal end. The body has a tubular shape, and the sleeve length is greater than a width of the tourniquet cuff. The body tapers from the proximal end to the distal end such that a proximal end circumference is greater than a distal end circumference. The body is formed to apply substantially uniform pressure to the patient's limb from the proximal end of the sleeve to the distal end of the sleeve varying only within a predetermined pressure range.

Abstract: A pressure adjustment unit of a hemostatic instrument includes a main container portion connected to a side of a balloon and an auxiliary balloon serving as an expansion member. The main container portion has, for example, air passing holes for permitting a portion of a fluid (air) to be expelled. A sliding member is installed at the main container portion and is movable along the main container portion from a state in which the air passing holes of the main container portion are blocked to a state in which one or more of the hole are open, and a moving body movable inside the main container portion to successively block the air passing holes opened by moving the sliding member.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for providing active and/or passive compression therapy to a body part can include a compression device worn over a compression stocking. The compression device can have a pulley based drive train that is driven by a motor to tighten and loosen compression elements, such as compression straps, in a precise, rapid, and balanced manner. Sensors can be used in the compression device and/or compression stockings to provide feedback to modulate the compression treatment parameters.

Abstract: A control docking station system for controlling locking engagement between a first female member and a male member that together form a locking mechanism. The first female member is connected to a safety device. The male member can be locked to and released from the first female member. The system includes a controller configured to sense an unsafe interlock signal. A second female member is operably connected to the controller's housing. Each female member includes a receiver base and a pair of pivoting locking tabs that is engageable with a key-like projection on the male member. The male member may be unlocked from the first female member when the controller senses an interruption to the unsafe interlock signal or if the unsafe interlock signal is overridden. The male member may be docked in the second female member during safe circumstances and/or the safety device is unused.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff and a control unit. The cuff includes a first securing portion, provided on one surface of the cuff, for securing the cuff to the measurement area in a wrapped state, and a second securing portion, provided on another surface of the cuff, for securing the cuff to the measurement area in a wrapped state. At least one of the first securing portion and the second securing portion includes an electromagnet portion. The control unit secures the cuff to the measurement area by controlling a magnetic force emitted from the electromagnet portion and causing the second securing portion to be attracted to the first securing portion.

Abstract: Tissue compression devices including a multi-chamber bladder that is retained within the tissue compression device, with the multi-chamber bladder being positioned in a bladder orifice in a base of a compression device body. The multi-chamber bladder includes at least one upper chamber located above the base and at least one lower chamber located below the base. The lower chamber is located between the base and a selected location on a patient when the compression device is positioned over selected tissue such as, e.g., a radial artery, as described herein.

Abstract: A biometric information detecting apparatus is provided. The biometric information detecting apparatus includes a fixing unit disposed on a lower structure, and a pressure pulse wave measuring unit that is supported by the fixing unit and separate from the lower structure. An optical pulse wave measuring unit is disposed on the pressure pulse wave measuring unit. The optical pulse wave measuring unit may contact a surface of a subject's body. A pressure pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the pressure pulse wave measuring unit and an optical pulse wave of the subject's body may be measured by the optical pulse wave measuring unit, at the same time.

Abstract: A radial artery blood pressure waveform measuring device includes a stress sensor, a stress concentrating elastic structure, and a stress guiding elastic member. The stress sensor is in contact with a skin surface of a wrist corresponding to a position of a radial artery. The stress concentrating elastic structure is disposed on the stress sensor. The stress guiding elastic member has a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side surface. The bottom surface is disposed on the stress concentrating elastic structure, and an area of the bottom surface is greater than an area of a horizontal section of the stress concentrating elastic structure.

Abstract: A CPU of a blood pressure measurement apparatus configured to be used while attached to a wrist of a measurement subject calculates an inclination angle formed by a forearm of the measurement subject with respect to a reference plane, and a rotation angle about an axis, where the forearm is used as the axis, of the blood pressure measurement device, based on information detected by an acceleration sensor, and uses the distance d between the radial artery and the ulnar artery that pass through the wrist, the inclination angle, and the rotation angle to determine the relative positional relationship between the radial artery and the ulnar artery. In accordance with the relative positional relationship, the CPU guides the measurement orientation of the measurement subject.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods for manufacturing components for use in a device for generating substantially planar micrografts. The methods of the invention provide for the manufacture of substantially uniform components for a cutter contained within the device, the cutter configured to cut a blister in order to produce a substantially planar graft.