POSTS TAGGED AS blood pressure

Biomarker for Salt Sensitive Bood Pressure

Salt Sensitivity
Most people have heard the caution about dietary salt increasing blood pressure, and the blanket advice that all people [MORE]

Apple’s Patent Application for a Wearable Blood Pressure Device

Apple patent drawing for Aplle watch BP monitor
Two years ago, Apple engineers filed a patent application for a blood pressure monitoring [MORE]

Taking Blood Pressure with a Touch on a Smartphone

Blood Pressure App
Engineers at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, and Chonnam National University (South Korea) have built in an [MORE]

Proximity Tags Monitor Blood Pressure, et al

Proximity Tags
“Technology developed at Cornell involves tags worn on clothing, or just placed near the patient, that emit radio waves [MORE]

A Smart Watch for Monitoring Blood Pressure

Apple Smart Watch
We have seen “smart” watches before which claim a capability of monitoring blood pressure. Most have gone nowhere, [MORE]

Photoplethysmography for Determining Systolic BP

Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement with Photoplethysmograph
“White coat effect” is one known factor in mismeasuring blood pressure; driving in traffic to [MORE]

A Super Sensor on Your Finger

SensoRING
“Masimo (Irvine, CA)  just announced receiving European approval for its new rainbow Super DCI-mini sensor, a pulse oximeter that can [MORE]

Polysomnography in a Patch

SomnaPatch
Sleep apnea is a risk factor for many serious health conditions. For example, pauses in breathing followed by an abrupt [MORE]

A Wearable Watch to Monitor Blood Pressure?

Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
It seems like it ought to be easy—a wearable watch-like device that continuously monitors blood pressure. But [MORE]

Lowering Blood Pressure with a Pacemaker Adjustment

Pacemaker
BackBeat Medical (New Hope, PA) makes a pacemaker that functions with an unusual algorithm. According to the company, their device [MORE]

Using Radar to Monitor BP

Blumio BP
Medical device startup Blumio (Miami Beach, FL) is in the R&D phase of creating a passive, continuous blood pressure [MORE]

Ambulatory 24 hour Blood Pressure Monitor

Oscar 2 with Sphygmocor
Quoting directly from this piece: “SunTech Medical [Morrisville, NC] and AtCor Medical [West Ryde, New South Wales, [MORE]

Cuffless BP Monitor

Cuffless Blood Pressure
Last week’s Tagline had a story about researchers at Kyoto University and Panasonic Corporation using radar and sensors [MORE]

Blood Pressure Monitoring Watch

Project Zero Wearable BP Watch
This device is moving in the right direction, but a design that uses a passive technique [MORE]