Kim Hyunho, Kim Jong Yeol, Park Young-Jae, Park Young-Bae
Department of Biofunctional Medicine and Diagnostics, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2013 Mar;2(1):7-17. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2013.01.003. Epub 2013 Feb 13.
In Korean medicine, pulse diagnosis is one of the important methods for determining the health status of a patient. For over 40 years, electromechanical pulse diagnostic devices have been developed to objectify and quantify pulse diagnoses. In this paper, we review previous research and development for pulse diagnostic devices according to various fields of study: demand analysis and current phase, literature studies, sensors, actuators, systems, physical quantity studies, clinical studies, and the U-health system. We point out some confusing issues that have been naively accepted without strict verification: original pressure pulse waveform and derivative pressure pulse waveform, pressure signals and other signal types, and minutely controlled pressure exertion issues. We then consider some technical and clinical issues to achieve the development of a pulse diagnostic device that is appropriate both technically and in terms of Korean medicine. We hope to show the history of pulse diagnostic device research in Korea and propose a proper method to research and develop these devices.
在韩医学中，脉诊是判定患者健康状况的重要方法之一。四十多年来，人们一直在研发机电式脉诊设备，以使脉诊客观化和量化。在本文中，我们根据不同的研究领域回顾了以往脉诊设备的研究与开发情况：需求分析与当前阶段、文献研究、传感器、执行器、系统、物理量研究、临床研究以及U健康系统。我们指出了一些未经严格验证就被盲目接受的令人困惑的问题：原始压力脉搏波形与导数压力脉搏波形、压力信号与其他信号类型，以及精细控制的压力施加问题。然后，我们考虑了一些技术和临床问题，以实现研发出在技术上和韩医学方面都合适的脉诊设备。我们希望展示韩国脉诊设备的研究历史，并提出研究和开发这些设备的恰当方法。
