Patent ID: 7963921
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of measuring blood pressure using a wrist sphygmomanometer including a body and including a cuff attached to the body and wrapped around the wrist, said body being attached to the cuff in a manner to allow the body to be located on a thumb side of an arm when the wrist sphygmomanometer is fitted on the wrist, comprising: fitting the wrist sphygmomanometer on a subject's wrist; placing the wrist with the wrist sphygmomanometer fitted thereon on the subject's chest; and reading a value detected by the wrist sphygmomanometer with the wrist placed on the chest, wherein a positioning system provides a first signal that indicates that the sphygmomanometer is at an appropriate measuring level and a second signal that guides the subject to the appropriate measuring level.