NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHODS

Abstract

This paper review the historical background of noninvasive blood pressure measurement methods with their accuracies achieved and explains the requirements for common national and international standards of accuracy. Also are shortly described the development of blood pressure measurement system and a method, named electronic palpation method (EP), suitable for the long-term measurement of heart rate and blood pressure using a cuff on the upper arm and a pressure sensor array on the radial artery.