PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a peripheral-nerve inspection apparatus capable of measuring the degree of paralysis of peripheral nerves by quantifying the degree in accordance with a level felt by a subject to early and easily check whether or not the subject has suspicion of getting diabetes.SOLUTION: A peripheral nerve inspection apparatus measures the degree of paralysis of peripheral nerves of a subject by applying slight oscillation generated by power distribution to shape-memory alloy 5, to the living body of the subject, and includes an oscillator unit 4 where an oscillator 3 using the shape-memory alloy 5 is disposed so as to contact the living body of the subject, and a signal generation circuit (microcomputer 7) generating a driving voltage pulse applied to the shape-memory alloy 5, so as to adjust the size or the size and the pulse width of the driving voltage pulse into a plurality of levels. The plurality of levels are preset in response to the extent of the paralysis of the peripheral nerves and the degree felt by the subject.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 末梢神経検査装置であって、被験者が感じるレベルによって末梢神経の麻痺の度合いを定量化して測定できるようにして、糖尿病の疑いがあるかどうかを早期かつ簡易に検査できる。【解決手段】 形状記憶合金5に通電することにより発生する微振動を被験者の生体に与えることで被験者の末梢神経の麻痺度を測定する末梢神経検査装置であって、形状記憶合金5を用いた振動子3が被験者の生体に接触可能に配置された振動子ユニット4と、形状記憶合金5に与える駆動電圧パルスの大きさ、又は、大きさとパルス幅を複数のレベルに調整可能に生成する信号発生回路(マイコン7)とを備え、複数のレベルは末梢神経の麻痺の程度と被験者が感ずる度合いとに応じて予め設定されている。【選択図】図1
