Patent ID: 8684940

Claim:
An electronic sphygmomanometer for measuring a blood pressure value at a left measurement site and a right measurement site, the electronic sphygmomanometer comprising: a cuff that attaches to the left measurement site or the right measurement site; a specific processing unit that specifies a recommended site indicating one of the left measurement site or the right measurement site for attachment of the cuff for every person to be measured; a notification unit that notifies a user of the recommended site specified by the specific processing unit; a detection unit that detects whether the cuff is attached to the left measurement site or the right measurement site, wherein the left measurement site or the right measurement site that the cuff is attached to is an attached site; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the attached site matches the recommended site by comparing the recommended site specified by the specific processing unit and a detection result of the detection unit, wherein the notification unit further notifies a determination result of the determination unit.