IP Library Granted Patent US 12708277
Granted Patent B2
US 12708277 · App. 18/786,972 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Pulse wave detection device

Inventors: Aiki Kameyama (Takasaki, JP); Katsuhiro Oyama (Takasaki, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
A61B5/02427A61B5/681
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12708277
App. No.
18/786,972
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a pulse wave detection device including a sensor substrate having a mounting surface and a back surface, a light receiving element disposed on the mounting surface of the sensor substrate, a light emitting element disposed on the mounting surface, and a light guide part having a first opening that surrounds the light receiving element, a second opening that corresponds to the first opening and is provided at a top part of a curved surface or in a vicinity of the top part, a third opening that surrounds the light emitting element, a fourth opening that corresponds to the third opening and is provided in the curved surface, a first light guide path having a reflective surface that couples the first opening with the second opening, and a second light guide path having a reflective surface that couples the third opening with the fourth opening.

Claims (12)

1 . A pulse wave detection device comprising:

a sensor substrate having a mounting surface and a back surface;

a light receiving element disposed on the mounting surface of the sensor substrate;

a light emitting element disposed on the mounting surface separately from the light receiving element; and

a light guide part having, on a side of the mounting surface of the sensor substrate, a first opening that surrounds the light receiving element, a second opening that corresponds to the first opening and is provided in a curved surface of the light guide part, a third opening that surrounds the light emitting element, a fourth opening that corresponds to the third opening and is provided in the curved surface of the light guide part, a first light guide path having a reflective surface that couples the first opening with the second opening, and a second light guide path having a reflective surface that couples the third opening with the fourth opening.

2 . The pulse wave detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fitting part provided on a side of abutting against the sensor substrate in the light guide part, wherein the light guide part is fixed to the sensor substrate by the fitting part.

3 . The pulse wave detection device according to claim 2 , further comprising a casing partly opened by an opening, wherein

the sensor substrate to which the light guide part is fixed is disposed in the opening of the casing in such a manner that the mounting surface is oriented toward an outside of the casing, and

the casing houses an elastic part between a bottom part of an internal space of the casing and the sensor substrate.

4 . The pulse wave detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide part is formed of an elastic body and is capable of expansion and contraction.

5 . The pulse wave detection device according to claim 1 , wherein glossing treatment has been executed for the reflective surface of the first light guide path and the reflective surface of the second light guide path.

6 . The pulse wave detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening or the second opening is covered by a translucent cover.