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Blood Pressure

  • Toshiyo TamuraEmail author
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Abstract

Blood pressure is the most important physiological parameter. A cuff-based sphygmomanometer is commonly used but handling needs great care in terms of cuff size, position of cuff, and so on. A simple handling of wearable blood pressure monitor is desired. Currently, watch-type blood pressure monitor is under development. Whereas cuffless blood pressure monitor has been attempted. Either difference of two pulse wave transit time or R wave of ECG corresponding pulse wave is used to estimate in blood pressure based on biomechanical properties. In this chapter, currently available cuff-based sphygmomanometer is reviewed and then the development of cuffless blood pressure is presented.

Keywords

Hypertension Cuff based Blood stiffness PPG ECG Cuffless Pulse transit time (PTT) Pulse arrival time (PAT) Pulse wave velocity (PWV) 
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  1. 1.Future Robotics OrganizationWaseda UniversityShinjukuJapan

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