Development of wearable device for measuring neural baroreflex function and research of health relation in everyday life

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12682
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Sapporo Medical University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Yuichi 札幌医科大学, 医療人育成センター, 講師 (90363689)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田中 豪一 札幌医科大学, 医療人育成センター, 准教授 (10167497)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 圧反射機能 / ウェアラブルデバイス / 健康 / 自律神経 / 血圧

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We think in Japanese super aging society, the Human IoT (Internet of Tings) is progressively important for the healthcare and preventive medicine at house. The blood pressure is one of the important vital signs. When it excessively rises or falls, our brain plays for keeping it in a normal range. This mechanism is so called baroreflex. We developed the new techniques for measuring 1) cardiac and additionally 2) vascular autonomic role of the mechanism, as well as 3) the new wearable device and 4) attachment for measuring them. In this study, we use these new development items and found a possible cause of a state of bad sleep and tired.

Free Research Field

医療工学