Body fat measuring device

Details Body fat measuring device Body fat measuring device

2004-12-02

2008-08-26

Hindenburg, Max (Department: 3736)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion

C600S587000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07418291

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a device for measuring body fat of an animal. Embodiments include an input unit for entering individual information of the animal, a bioelectric impedance input unit for measuring the bioelectric impedance of the animal, and a morphological measurement value input unit for entering morphological measurement values for the girth and length of the body of the animal. An impedance-based calculation unit calculates a body fat rate based on the bioelectric impedance, and a morphological measurement value-based calculation unit calculates the body fat rate based on the morphological measurement values. A calculation switching unit checks to determine whether the resulting bioelectric impedance is proper, and automatically switches between the impedance-based calculation unit and the morphological measurement value-based calculation unit depending on the result of the determination.

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European Search Report for Corresponding Application EP 04027560.4

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