| Project/Area Number |
23650349
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAKOSHI Ken-ichi 金沢大学, 機械工学系, 教授 (40014310)
MATSUMURA Kenta 金沢大学, 機械工学系, 博士研究員 (30510383)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Keywords | 安全科学 / 健康・福祉工学 / 生体情報計測 / 情報システム / 電子デバイス・機器 / スマートセンサ情報システム |
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| Research Abstract |
A simplified system for health screening from cardiovascular parameters obtained non-invasively in a finger using the volume-oscillometric technique was developed and its preliminary assessment was conducted. An automated instrument made simultaneous measurements of key cardiovascular parameters, including blood pressure, pulse pressure, heart rate, normalized pulse volume as an index of α-adrenalin-mediated sympathetic activity, and finger arterial elasticity. We tested a prototype instrument in healthy volunteers during day-to-day living, including a sleep deprivation as physiological challenge. In conclusion, the system we have developed has allowed the periodic collection of physiological data in a convenient and expeditious way without any failure, demonstratingthe possibility to detect an adverse effect on health. In addition to this study, blood alcohol measurement using the optical principle was investigated in order to reduce health- and alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents as novel vehicle safety-locks.
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