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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Yoshihisa Miwa, Komaki, JP;
Colin Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Abstract
A blood-pressure monitoring apparatus including a measuring device which includes an inflatable cuff adapted to apply a pressing pressure to a first body portion of a living subject and which measures a blood-pressure value of the living subject by changing the pressing pressure of the inflatable cuff, a blood-pressure-relating-information obtaining device which iteratively obtains a piece of blood-pressure-relating information which changes in relation to a change of the blood pressure of the living subject, a starting device for starting, when the obtained blood-pressure-relating information satisfies a predetermined condition with respect to at least one reference value, a blood-pressure measurement of the measuring device, and a display device which displays a first graphical representation of the obtained blood-pressure-relating information, and a second graphical representation of the reference value, so that the first graphical representation can be compared with the second graphical representation by the living subject such as a patient or a different person such as a doctor or nurse.