PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biological component measuring device which has a small size, and can easily perform high accuracy measuring with few possibility of giving pain to a patient, and to provide a biological component measuring method.SOLUTION: The biological component measuring device includes: an examination head 11 in contact with a living body surface and a control part 21 which measures a biocomponent based on a signal outputted from the examination head 11. The examination head 11 includes: a first pinch section 13a and a second pinch section 13b, which pinch a living body surface to be upheaved a distance adjustment section 14 which is controlled by the control part 21, and in which a distance between the first pinch section 13a and the second pinch section 13b is changed optical projection sections 16a, 16b, and 17 which project light on the living body surface of a part which has been pinched between the first pinch section 13a and the second pinch section 13b, and upheaved and light-receiving sections 18a, 18b, 19a, and 19b which output a signal according to a quantity of light having permeated the living body surface of a part which has been upheaved.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】小型で簡単に高精度の測定ができ、患者に苦痛を与えるおそれが少ない生体成分測定装置及び生体成分測定方法を提供する。【解決手段】生体成分測定装置は、生体表面に接触する検査ヘッド11と、検査ヘッド11から出力される信号に基づいて生体成分を測定する制御部21とを具備する。検査ヘッド11は、生体表面を挟んで隆起させる第1の挟み部13a及び第2の挟み部13bと、制御部21により制御されて第1の挟み部13a及び第2の挟み部13b間の距離を変化させる距離調整部14と、第1の挟み部13a及び第2の挟み部13b間に挟まれて隆起した部分の生体表面に光を投射する光投射部16a,16b,17と、隆起した部分の生体表面を透過した光の光量に応じた信号を出力する受光部18a,18b,19a,19bとを有する。【選択図】図1
