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Your model 1134 uses the oscillometric method to detect your blood pressure. Before the cuff starts inflating,
the device will establish a baseline cuff pressure, which is equivalent to the air pressure. The measurement of your blood pressure is based on this baseline pressure. After the cuff inflates to block your blood in the artery, the deflation process starts. During the deflation of the cuff, the monitor is detecting the pressure oscillations generated by the
movement during this period of time will cause
measurement error. After detecting the amplitude and the slope of the pressure oscillations during the deflation process, your 1134 will determine the systolic and diastolic pressures for you; and your pulse rate is detected at the same time.
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What is Blood Pressure?
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted on the artery tube while blood flows through the arteries. The pressure measured when the heart contracts and sends blood out of the heart is systolic (highest) blood pressure. The pressure measured when the heart dilates with blood flowing back into the heart is called diastolic (lowest) blood pressure.
Why Measure Your Blood Pressure?
Among the various health problems afflicting people today, problems associated with high blood pressure are by far the most common. High blood pressure's dangerously strong correlation with cardiovascular disease has made measuring blood pressure a necessity for identifying those at risk.