PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE, PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PULSE WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT PROGRAM

摘要

A pulse wave velocity measurement device comprises a pulse wave detection unit (110) for detecting a pulse wave in a living body, a pulse wave velocity calculation unit (120) for calculating a pulse wave velocity on basis of the pulse wave detected by the pulse wave detection unit (110), and a pulse wave velocity correction unit (130) for correcting the pulse wave velocity calculated by the pulse wave velocity calculation unit (120) so as to eliminate an increment in the pulse wave velocity that results from influence of hydrostatic pressures caused according to a position of the living body. Thus, the pulse wave velocity measurement device can be provided that are capable of accurate measurement of the pulse wave velocity without being influenced by the hydrostatic pressures caused according to the position of the living body.