A New Cuff Unit for Measuring Instantaneous Blood Pressure at the Finger Artery by Local Pressurization

Author

Song, Yilin ; Gao, Shumei ; Ikarashi, Akira ; Yamakoshi, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Heilongjiang Univ., Harbin, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A new cuff unit for measuring instantaneous blood pressure at the finger based on the volume-compensation method by local pressurization is developed, and its characteristics are evaluated. Results of measurement indicated that, the finger artery could be completely compressed using the local pressurization cuff, and the cuff-pressure controller is suitable for BP measurement in human. Also, the comparative measurements between the present cuff unit and the conventional band-type cuff indicated that, the venous congestion from the present unit is greatly reduced. Therefore, the present cuff unit is capable of non-invasively measuring instantaneous blood pressure at the finger artery in long term.

Keywords

blood pressure measurement; blood vessels; band-type cuff; cuff unit; cuff-pressure controller; finger artery; instantaneous blood pressure; local pressurization; volume-compensation method; Arteries; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Fingers; Measurement units; Mechanical variables measurement; Pressure control; Pressure measurement; Servosystems; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2901-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2902-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162194

Filename

5162194