Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constituent concentration measuring apparatus and constituent concentration measuring apparatus controlling method
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Application No.: US13669246Application Date: 2012-11-05
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Publication No.: US09198580B2Publication Date: 2015-12-01
- Inventor: Kazunori Naganuma , Takuro Tajima , Yuichi Okabe , Shoichi Sudo
- Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2004-137770 20040506; JP2004-145926 20040517; JP2004-155886 20040526; JP2004-157341 20040527; JP2004-295619 20041008; JP2004-297076 20041012; JP2004-305671 20041020; JP2004-314666 20041028
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/1455 ; A61B5/145 ; G01N21/17 ; G01N29/24 ; G01N29/44 ; A61B5/1495

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a noninvasive constituent concentration measuring apparatus and constituent concentration measuring apparatus controlling method, in which accurate measurement can be performed by superimposing two photoacoustic signals having the same frequency and reverse phases to nullify the effect from the other constituent occupying large part of the object to be measured. The constituent concentration measuring apparatus according to the invention includes light generating means for generating two light beams having different wavelengths, modulation means for electrically intensity-modulating each of the two light beams having different wavelengths using signals having the same frequency and reverse phases, light outgoing means for outputting the two intensity-modulated light beams having different wavelengths toward a test subject, and acoustic wave detection means for detecting an acoustic wave generated in the test subject by the outputted light.
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