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Tissue-Informative Mechanism for Wearable Non-invasive Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring

Author(s)
Woo, Sung HunChoi, Yun YoungKim, Dae JungBien, FranklinKim, Jae Joon
Issued Date
2014-10
DOI
10.1038/srep06618
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/9145
Fulltext
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep06618
Citation
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v.4, pp.6618
Abstract
Accurate continuous direct measurement of the blood pressure is currently available thru direct invasive methods via intravascular needles, and is mostly limited to use during surgical procedures or in the intensive care unit (ICU). Non-invasive methods that are mostly based on auscultation or cuff oscillometric principles do provide relatively accurate measurement of blood pressure. However, they mostly involve physical inconveniences such as pressure or stress on the human body. Here, we introduce a new non-invasive mechanism of tissue-informative measurement, where an experimental phenomenon called subcutaneous tissue pressure equilibrium is revealed and related for application in detection of absolute blood pressure. A prototype was experimentally verified to provide an absolute blood pressure measurement by wearing a watch-type measurement module that does not cause any discomfort. This work is supposed to contribute remarkably to the advancement of continuous non-invasive mobile devices for 24-7 daily-life ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring.
Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
ISSN
2045-2322

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