Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Hoekstra, Jeffrey G (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
C600S587000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07925340
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus capable of measuring visceral fat tissues accumulated in the trunk with high accuracy apply a current to a body part where a subcutaneous fat tissue layer is thin or a body part where a skeletal muscle tissue layer has no or a thin muscle belly portion from a pair of current applying electrodes, measure a potential difference which has occurred in the tissue through which the current has passed by a pair of voltage measuring electrodes, and determine the visceral fat tissue volume of the trunk by use of the impedance of the trunk which has been obtained by use of the measured potential difference.
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Kasahara Yasuhiro
Masuo Yoshihisa
Henson Devin
Hoekstra Jeffrey G
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Tanita Corporation
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