Arm Support Device Particularly For Use In An Apparatus For Measuring Arterial Pressure
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1. A device for supporting an arm of a patient in order to measure blood pressure, the device comprising a pedestal provided with a support for resting the arm, characterized in that the device comprises means adapted to detect a height of the patient and means adapted to move said support and arrange the support vertically as a function of said detected height.
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“A device (1) for supporting the arm of a patient in order to measure blood pressure, which includes a pedestal (2) provided with a support (4) for resting the arm and a mechanism (7) adapted to detect the height of the patient and a mechanism (9, 10, 11) adapted to move the support and arrange it vertically as a function of the detected height.”
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- 1. A device for supporting an arm of a patient in order to measure blood pressure, the device comprising a pedestal provided with a support for resting the arm, characterized in that the device comprises means adapted to detect a height of the patient and means adapted to move said support and arrange the support vertically as a function of said detected height.
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6. A method for determining a correct height of an armrest for supporting an arm of a patient in a blood pressure measurement apparatus, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:
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sitting the patient on a seat of said apparatus;
detecting the distance between a top of a head of the patient and a sitting surface of said seat; and
on the basis of the detected distance, positioning the armrest of said apparatus so that the arm of the patient is at the same height as a heart of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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