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Method for measuring blood pressure and a blood-pressure measuring device for carrying out the method

  • US 5,042,496 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1990
  • Issued: 08/27/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for measuring blood pressure by the use of a blood pressure cuff and a pressure gauge connected to said cuff, said method including the steps of:

  • placing said cuff around a limb of a patient to obtain a pressure-level value from said pressure gauge,determining a pulse frequency value of the patient'"'"'s pulse,providing a connection unit connected to said pressure gauge, said correction unit being operable to make corrections in said pressure level for blood-pressure measuring errors occurring as a function of pulse frequency, pressure level, patient sex, patient age, and limb circumference,supplying said pressure level value and said pulse frequency value to said correction unit, and causing said correction unit to make corrections for said errors occurring as a function of said pulse frequency value and said pressure level value,providing an infeed unit connected to said correction unit, said infeed unit being operable to supply to said correction unit data corresponding to patient sex, patient age, and limb circumference,actuating said infeed unit to supply said data to said correction unit, and causing said correction unit to make corrections for errors occurring as a function of the patient sex, patient age, and limb circumference, andproviding a display unit connected to said correction unit, and causing said display unit to display a blood-pressure level value corrected for errors occurring as a function of pulse frequency value, pressure level value, patient sex, patient age, and limb circumference.

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