Patent ID: 7367952

Claim:
An electronic blood pressure monitor, comprising: a blood pressure measuring portion; a memory portion for storing data on blood pressure that is measured by said blood pressure measuring portion; a display portion for displaying at least said data on blood pressure; a selection portion for selecting predetermined user conditions for measurement and triggering, upon selection, the start of measurement of blood pressure by said blood pressure measuring portion; a control portion for starting measurement of blood pressure by said blood pressure measuring portion in response to the selection of said predetermined user conditions for measurement by said selection portion; and a data storing portion for linking said data on blood pressure that has been measured to said predetermined user conditions for measurement that have been selected by said selection portion, and storing the data on blood pressure and the predetermined user conditions for measurement in said memory portion, said blood pressure measuring portion including a cuff that is attached to the part where blood pressure is measured, a pressurizing and depressurizing portion for adjusting pressure that is applied to said cuff, a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure within said cuff that is adjusted by said pressurizing and depressurizing portion, and a blood pressure calculating portion for calculating blood pressure on the basis of the pressure that is detected by said pressure detecting portion, said selection portion comprising a plurality of switches, each switch corresponding to a predetermined user condition for measurement and configured so that operation of the switch triggers the start of measurement of blood pressure for said corresponding predetermined user condition for measurement.