Patent ID: 7762956

Claim:
An electronic sphygmomanometer comprising: a blood pressure measuring device that outputs a blood pressure value; a display unit for displaying the blood pressure value; user identification keys, each of said user identification keys corresponding to selectable manipulation thereof by a respective one of different users; a memory having memory regions, a particular one of said memory regions being uniquely associated with a corresponding one of said user identification keys, the particular one of the memory regions being addressed in response to manipulation of a corresponding one of said user identification keys to allow storage of respective data for each of said different users in a different one of the memory regions by manipulation of the corresponding one of said user identification keys by the respective one of the different users to which the corresponding one of the user identification keys is allocated; and light emitters each being disposed at, or proximate to, a respective one of said user identification keys, a one of the light emitters, associated with the corresponding one of the user identification keys being manipulated, emitting light while the blood pressure is being measured or displayed.