Intended Use; Measurement Method - Healthy Living BA-507S El Manual Del Propietario

Commonly Asked Questions
About Blood Pressure
this mystery that hypertension has been named "the silent killer."
Don't let it sneak up on you! Start monitoring your blood pressure
every day with your new Healthy Living monitor.
Why Is It Important To Control My Blood Pressure?
Left uncontrolled, hypertension can place an incredible amount
of stress on your heart and arteries, both of which become
forced to work harder to keep blood flowing in a healthy manner
throughout the body. Over time, this stress may result in health
problems including over-enlargement of the heart, loss of elas-
ticity of the arteries, heart disease, stroke and even death.
Making some simple lifestyle changes now may help you to stay
healthy in the future.

Intended Use

Healthy Living blood pressure monitors are convenient for home
use. They are noninvasive, meaning no part of the monitor enters
your body, and provide systolic, diastolic and pulse measurements.
Healthy Living monitors are recommended for use by people over
the age of 18 and are not suitable for clinical use.
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Commonly Asked Questions About Blood Pressure/Intended Use

Measurement Method

Healthy Living monitors measure blood pressure and pulse by
using what's called an oscillometric method, meaning they
measure the fluctuations in pressure. This is done by first
wrapping a fitted cuff around the upper arm. The monitor then
automatically fills the cuff with air creating pressure around the
arteries inside of the arm. Mounted inside of the cuff is a spe-
cial gauge that is capable of sensing the small oscillations (fluc-
tuations) in pressure. These fluctuations are produced as a
result of the pressure the cuff has placed around the arm and
are, in a basic sense, the arteries contracting (getting larger and
smaller) with each heart beat. The monitor then measures how
high and how quickly these contractions occur and converts that
information into a digital value. A special valve, called an elec-
trode, deflates the monitor automatically when the measure-
ment is complete.
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Measurement Method