Development of the soft gripper for fixing to a human body for the purpose of blood pressure measurement

-2nd Report: Basic experiment for adaptation to various arm circumferences-

Abstract

It is put importance on healthcare activity by the senior citizens themselves. In particular as accident and sickness which have a high rate of receiving medical care, hypertensive disease is cited. However, it may become difficult to wind cuff for measurement of blood pressure around the own upper arm. In addition, upper arm circumference of the senior citizens and women is small, and it of partial western people is very large. Moreover, the shape of cross-section of upper arm is not uniform. In this study, it has been developed the soft gripper for fixing to a human body for the purpose of blood pressure measurement. In this paper, we describe the automation of blood pressure measurement operation by the release mechanism, the basic experiment for the purpose of responding to a variety of upper arm circumference.