Medical Data, Physion to Collaborate in Sales of Body Composition Measuring Device.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 14, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Medical Data, a subsidiary of Kyocera Communication Systems, announced on February 14 that it has agreed with Physion, a Kyoto-based precision instrument manufacturer, to collaborate in sales of the Physion XP, a device developed by Physion for measuring body composition. Specifically, Medical Data will be a general distributor of the Physion XP in Japan. The Physion XP, based on the bioelectrical impedance analysis Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a commonly used method for estimating body composition. Since the advent of the first commercially available devices in the mid-1980s the method has become popular owing to its ease of use, portability of the equipment and its relatively (BIA BIA abbr. Bureau of Indian Affairs ) method, can accurately measure limb muscle mass, the body fat percentage and the basal metabolic rate basal metabolic rate n. Abbr. BMR The rate at which energy is used by an organism at complete rest, measured in humans by the heat given off per unit time, and expressed as the calories released per kilogram of body weight or per square . With the aid of Kyocera Communication Systems and Physion, Medical Data will aggressively promote the Physion XP. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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