PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood pressure measurement apparatus in which blood pressure measurement is not stopped by a movement of a patient, etc., and which can continuously monitor blood pressure in a noninvasive manner.SOLUTION: A blood pressure measurement apparatus 10 for measuring blood pressure of a living body includes: a plurality of ultrasonic probes 1 that receive a signal for calculating a blood pressure value a calculation section 2 for conducting calculation based on the signal received by one ultrasonic probe 1 of the plurality of ultrasonic probes 1 a blood pressure calculation section 3 for calculating a blood pressure value based on the result of the calculation by the calculation section 2 and a switching section 4 which, when reception of the signal by one ultrasonic probe 1 of the plurality of ultrasonic probes 1 is disabled, switches it to another ultrasonic probe 1 of the plurality of ultrasonic probes 1 for the reception of the signal.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】患者の動きなどによる血圧計測の中断が生じず、血圧を非侵襲で連続的に監視することが可能な血圧計測装置を提供する。【解決手段】生体の血圧を計測する血圧計測装置10であって、血圧計測装置10は血圧値を算出するための信号を受信する複数の超音波探触子1と、複数の超音波探触子1のうち一つの超音波探触子1で受信した信号に基づいて計算を行う計算部2と、計算部2の計算結果に基づいて血圧値を算出する血圧算出部3と、を備え、複数の超音波探触子1のうちの一つの超音波探触子1による信号の受信が不能となった場合に、複数の超音波探触子1のうちの他の超音波探触子1に切り替えて信号の受信を行う切替部4から構成される。【選択図】図1
