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by Answerbag Staff on May 12th, 2011

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What is the medical term for a machine that tells your blood pressure?

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  • by The Anonymous Witch on May 13th, 2011

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    an ATM ;-)

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  • by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on May 13th, 2011

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    sphygmomanometer

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  • by Marky Mark on May 13th, 2011

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    A doctor.

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  • by iwnit on December 9th, 2011

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    1) "A sphygmomanometer ( /ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɒmɨtər/ sfig-moh-mə-nom-i-tər) or blood pressure meter is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to restrict blood flow, and a mercury or mechanical manometer to measure the pressure. It is always used in conjunction with a means to determine at what pressure blood flow is just starting, and at what pressure it is unimpeded. Manual sphygmomanometers are used in conjunction with a stethoscope.

    The word comes from the Greek sphygmós (pulse), plus the scientific term manometer (pressure meter). The device was invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch in 1881. Scipione Riva-Rocci introduced a more easily used version in 1896. In 1901, Harvey Cushing modernized the device and popularized it within the medical community.
    A sphygmomanometer consists of an inflatable cuff, a measuring unit (the mercury manometer, or aneroid gauge), and inflation bulb and valve, for manual instruments."


    2) Modern medical devices are also able to monitor your blood pressure, or they can also actually tell you your blood pressure (not just display it).
    You could use a "talking blood pressure monitor":

    "Talking Digital Arm BP Monitor tells your Blood Pressure in English or Spanish"
    Source and further information:
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vZdWGZxD1jMJ:www.diseasedirectory.net/x/disease/Talking%2BDigital%2BBlood%2BPressure%2BMonitors.aspx+%22tells+your+blood+pressure%22&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk

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  • by Sarah Elliot on May 22nd, 2011

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    A device that measures blood pressure is a sphygmomanometer, or blood pressure cuff. The sphygmomanometer has three parts: an inflatable cuff that wraps around the upper arm, a pump to inflate the cuff and a dial to show the pressure readings.

    References:

    National Heart Lung and Blood Institute: How Is Blood Pressure Tested?

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  • by Varcreon on May 13th, 2011

    Varcreon

    Sphygmomanometer

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  • by Isaac on May 13th, 2011

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    Thingybob.

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