Patent ID: 8900157

Claim:
An electronic sphygmomanometer for measuring a blood pressure according to an oscillometric method, the electronic sphygmomanometer comprising: a cuff to be wrapped around a predetermined measurement site; an adjustment unit for adjusting a pressure in the cuff by pressurization and depressurization; a pressure detection unit for detecting a cuff pressure representing the pressure in the cuff; and a control unit for performing a control for measuring the blood pressure; wherein the control unit includes: a determination unit for selecting a depressurization measurement method or a pressurization measurement method to measure the blood pressure according to a person to be measured, a first measurement processing unit for measuring blood pressure using a depressurization process when the determination unit selects the depressurization measurement method, and a second measurement processing unit for measuring blood pressure using a pressurization process when the determination unit selects the pressurization measurement method, wherein during the pressurization process, the blood pressure is determined prior to any cuff depressurization, wherein the electronic sphygmomanometer further comprises an input accepting unit for accepting input information from a user, wherein the input information indicates whether an arm of the person to be measured is thick, wherein the determination unit selects the depressurization or pressurization measurement method based on the input information, wherein the input accepting unit accepts information on whether or not an arm of the person to be measured is thick as the input information, and wherein the determination unit selects the pressurization measurement method if the input information indicates that the arm of the person to be measured is thick.