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Austrian physician Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch invented the blood pressure monitor in 1881. Although earlier monitors existed, they were crude and invasive, while von Basch's version consisted of a bag attached to a fluid-filled tube called a manometer.
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University College London: Blood Pressure Monitoring
Jewish Encyclopedia: Basch, Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von
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