Apparatus for measuring body fat

Surgery – Truss – Pad

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

128774, 177245, A61B 505

Patent

active

054151767

ABSTRACT:
A body fat measuring apparatus for measuring body fat in a patient's body comprises apparatus for simultaneously measuring an impedance between the patient's feet, and for measuring the patient's height and the patient's weight, and a calculator for calculating body fat from the measured impedance value, height and weight. The calculator estimates body density using a formula having a correction term either for increasing the body density upon increase of the impedance compared to the original impedance or a correction term for decreasing the body density upon increase of the weight with respect to the original weight.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3192627 (1965-07-01), Levitt et al.
patent: 3616690 (1971-11-01), Harden
patent: 3667561 (1972-06-01), Hutchinson et al.
patent: 4113039 (1978-09-01), Ozaki et al.
patent: 4336855 (1982-06-01), Chen
patent: 4831527 (1989-05-01), Clark
patent: 4883066 (1989-11-01), Widdoes
patent: 4895163 (1990-01-01), Libke et al.
patent: 4911175 (1990-03-01), Shizgal
patent: 4923024 (1990-05-01), Ferrer et al.
patent: 4947862 (1990-08-01), Kelly
patent: 4949727 (1990-08-01), Yamazaki et al.
Nakadomo et al. "Bioelectrical Impedance Method for Body Composition Assessment in Japanese Adult Females and Its Cross-Validity" Bioelectrical Impedance, vol. 41, pp. 467-476, 1992.
Segal et al. "Estimation of Human Body Composition By Electrical Impedance Methods: A Comparative Study", The American Physiological Society, 1985, pp. 1565-1571.
Brozek et al. "Body Composition" Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Sep. 26, 1963, vol. 110, pp. 113-140.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Apparatus for measuring body fat does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Apparatus for measuring body fat, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for measuring body fat will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-632213

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.