Singapore scientists invent blood pressure wristwatch
Sat Jan 22, 3:18 PM ET
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A medical firm in Singapore has invented a wristwatch that
tracks blood pressure around the clock without causing pain or discomfort.
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HealthSTATS International said on its website that a tiny sensor on the
underside of the watch rests above an artery in the wearer's wrist and converts
pulsations picked up into readable data.
Data on blood pressure readings and patterns, mean arterial pressure, pulse
patterns and heart rates can be collected, the firm said.
The information gathered would provide important indicators on the wearer's
likelihood of having a stroke and help assess the risk of heart-related
diseases.
Blood pressure is currently taken by strapping an uncomfortable arm cuff onto
the patient or inserting a catheter into the patient's artery during operations.
The procedure is painful and includes risks such as infections.
In an article in the Straits Times on Saturday, the company said the watch would
also make it easier for doctors to predict their patients' health risks, as
24-hour monitoring of blood pressure gives a more accurate indication of health
than weekly or monthly checks.
"The aim is to be able to see what goes on between the times I see my patients,
and to catch them before they have a stroke or heart attack," inventor Dr. Ting
Choon Meng told the paper.
Trials showed that the watch produced readings that were as accurate as the best
equipment used in hospitals.
Hospitals in the United Kingdom and India have already placed orders for the
watch, and the company has sent its trial results to the US Food and Drug
Administration (news - web sites) for approval.
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my old Timex is a bit like that already ...
if you make the strap too tight my hand goes blue ... and once you loosen it it goes back to normal ...
therefore showing my blood has still enough pressure to pump around my body!!!!
Jeez!!!! ... another British invention unfairly claimed by the some other jolly foreigner
!!!!!
if you make the strap too tight my hand goes blue ... and once you loosen it it goes back to normal ...
therefore showing my blood has still enough pressure to pump around my body!!!!
Jeez!!!! ... another British invention unfairly claimed by the some other jolly foreigner
!!!!!