Benefits of the WatchBP Home N above 24-hour blood pressure measurement

Although the WatchBP Home might not be able to replace the ABPM it has some important benefits above ABPM:

Better sleep quality
With ABPM patients often feel uncomfortable when wearing the device, complain about sleep disturbance <Actinic:Variable Name = '1'/> and frequent subsequent measurements cause pain in the upper arm. All factors that may influence reliability of the performed measurements. With the WatchBP Home N only three measurements at night will be performed, which leads to less disturbance.

Cheaper
ABPM is very expensive and labour intensive. An ABPM device costs about 10 times the price of a self-measurement device and a research nurse is required to hook on and off the device, to instruct the patients and to transmit the obtained data to the computer after measurement.

More reproducible
Although, ABPM is determined to be the gold standard in blood pressure measurement its reproducibility is poor <Actinic:Variable Name = '2'/>, mainly due to the fact that measurements are only performed at one day. The WatchBP Home N allows patients to perform measurements on multiple days and night which will improve the reproducibility of all measurements.

Operating temp.:



• 10 - 40 °C / 50 - 104 °F

Storage temp.



• -20 - +50 °C / -4 - +131 °F

• 15 - 90 % relative maximum humidity

Weight:



• 385 g (including batteries)

Dimensions:


• 150 x 100 x 50 mm
Measuring procedure:

• Oscillometric, corresponding to Korotkoff
Method:
• Phase I systolic, Phase V diastolic
Measurement range:
• 30 - 280 mmHg – blood pressure

• 30 - 200 beats per minute – pulse

Cuff pressure display:
• Resolution: 1 mmHg

• Static accuracy:

pressure within ± 3 mmHg

• Pulse accuracy:

± 5 % of the readout value
Voltage source:
• 4 x 1.5 V Batteries: size AA
• Main adapter: DC 6V, 600 mA (optional)
Reference to Standards:

Device corresponds to the requirements of the standard for non-invasive blood pressure monitor:

EN 1060-1
EN 1060-3
EN 1060-4
IEC 60601-1
IEC 60601-1-2