Oregon Scientific Talking Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor BPW810

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Oregon Scientific BPW810
Talking Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

Our Price: $54.99

Product Code: 3-0060

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Listen to your blood pressure reading!

This innovative Oregon Scientific Talking Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor helps two users keep their blood pressure in check. It also reads mean arterial pressure as well as pulse rate. Each user receives 60 memory worth of readings plus date and time stamp.

This product uses the Oscillometric Measuring method to detect your blood pressure. Before every
measurement, the unit establishes a "zero pressure" equivalent to the air pressure. Then it starts inflating the wrist cuff to 180mmHg or higher until it senses that it has blocked your blood in
the artery. After that, the deflation process starts, during which time the unit detects pressure
oscillations generated by beat-to-beat pulsatile, which is used to determine the systolic, mean and diastolic pressure, and also your pulse rate. Any motion during this period will result in an incorrect measurement.

After all readings are determined and displayed on the LCD, the measurement is finished and the wrist cuff automatically deflates completely.

Why measure your blood pressure?
Blood pressure measurement can highly reflect one's health condition. High blood pressure is potentially
linked to serious illnesses such as stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. Since there is no symptom most of the time, many hypertensive people do not realize they are at risk until their health is seriously threatened.

What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the force generated by the blood against the walls of arteries during cardiac contraction and relaxation (e.g., the pumping action of the heart).

What are systolic pressure and diastolic pressure?
When ventricles contract and pump blood out of the heart, blood pressure reaches its maximum value. This highest pressure in the cycle is known as systolic pressure. When the heart relaxes between heartbeats, the lowest blood pressure is diastolic pressure.

What is mean arterial pressure (MAP)?
The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is the average pressure that forces blood through the arteries. It is
not the average of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure; rather, MAP corresponds to a state of
balance between the compressive and expansive forces acting on the arterial wall when there is no
distension outward or inward. MAP is an excellent way to evaluate the stress on the walls of your blood
vessels, and can be used to evaluate excessive load on the cardiovascular system. Show your MAP history to your doctor to provide additional information that may help him or her understand your situation.

Readings taken by the BPW810 are equivalent to those obtained by a trained observer using the cuff and stethoscope auscultation method, within the limits prescribed by "EN1060-3 Non-invasive
Sphygmomanometers-Part 3: Supplementary requirements for electro-mechanical blood pressure
measuring systems." The monitor's accuracy in measuring diastolic pressure was tested using the fifth Korotkoff sound method.