PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for simply and easily evaluating vascular endothelial functions with high precision.SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a first cuff 11, to be wound around a first site of the body of a subject a second cuff 51, to be wound around a second site of the body of the subject a controller 20 that is a cuff controller for controlling a pressurization and decompression of the cuff a cuff pressure detector 31 for detecting the cuff pressure from an output of a pressure sensor 54 connected to the second cuff 51 a pulse wave detector 32 for detecting a pulse wave from the output of the pressure sensor 54 and an analyzer 33 for analyzing the detected pulse wave. The controller 20 performs continuous pressure stimulation on the first site of the body of the subject for predetermined time of period using the first cuff 11, and the analyzer 33 evaluates the vascular endothelial function by comparing the pulse waves detected before and after the continuous pressure stimulation is performed.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】構成及び測定手法が簡便であり、また、高精度な血管内皮機能評価を可能とする。【解決手段】被検者の身体の第一の部位に巻き付けられる第一のカフ11と、被検者の身体の第二の部位に巻き付けられる第二のカフ51と、カフの加圧、減圧を制御するカフ圧制御部である制御部20、上記第二のカフ51に接続される圧力センサ54の出力からカフ圧を検出するカフ圧検出部31と、上記圧力センサ54の出力から脈波を検出する脈波検出部32と、前記検出された脈波を解析する解析部33とを具備し、前記制御部20は第一のカフ11により、前記被検者の身体の第一の部位へ持続的な加圧刺激を所定時間行い、前記解析部33は、前記加圧刺激前後の脈波の比較により血管内皮機能を評価する。【選択図】図1
