DocumentCode :
2356544
Title :
A new blood pressure measurement using dual-cuffs
Author :
Kim, Tk ; Chee, YJ ; Lee, JS ; Nam, Sw ; Kim, IY
Author_Institution :
Hanyang Univ., Seoul
fYear :
2008
fDate :
14-17 Sept. 2008
Firstpage :
165
Lastpage :
168
Abstract :
Most automatic sphygmomanometers use oscillometric method with a blood pressure cuff. Conventional oscillometric sphygmomanometer is simple to use and it needs no peripheral device. However, the method provides no guarantee of accuracy in all circumstance, because it is based on statistics. In this paper, we propose a new oscillometric method with two cuffs. A cuff is placed on upper arm as usual and another cuff is added on forearm. By adding one more blood pressure cuff, there are two different waveforms are shown and the different characteristics between both cuffs can be compared. The results of our experiments show that it is possible to measure blood pressure using dual-cuff oscillometric method.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; blood pressure measurement; pressure gauges; regression analysis; automatic sphygmomanometer; blood pressure cuff; blood pressure measurement; oscillometric method; regression analysis; waveform characteristics; Arteries; Blood pressure; Brachytherapy; Gold; Interference; Linear regression; Manufacturing; Pressure measurement; Pulse measurements; Statistics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology, 2008
Conference_Location :
Bologna
ISSN :
0276-6547
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3706-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.2008.4749003
Filename :
4749003
Link To Document :
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