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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1989
Colin Electronics Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An automatic blood pressure measuring apparatus, including an inflatable cuff having an elongate configuration, the inflatable cuff being wound around a body portion of a subject, for pressing an arterial vessel of the subject via a body surface over the arterial vessel, a detecting device for detecting at least one Korotkoff sound produced from the arterial vessel as the pressing force of the inflatable cuff applied to the arterial vessel is varied, and a determining device for determining at least one blood pressure value of the subject based on the detected at least one Korotkoff sound, the detecting device being located in a middle area, as viewed in a direction of width of the inflatable cuff, of an inner surface of the inflatable cuff which surface contacts the body portion of the subject.