Portable non-invasive blood pressure measurement using pulse transmit time

• Main Authors: Noche, Kaiser Josephus B., Villaverde, Jocelyn Flores, Lazaro, Jose
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Blood pressure—Measurement—Instruments; Medical instruments and apparatus; Arduino (Programmable controller); Raspberry Pi (Computer); Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3930
• Institution: De La Salle University

The conventional method of blood pressure measurement in hospitals uses a cuff that inflates on an arm and causes slight pain on the patient. An alternate device that eliminates this consequence is proposed. Plethymography is the measure of change in blood volume due to blood pressure. Photoplethymo...