BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly start the measurement of blood pressure with a cuff when the hardness of a blood vessel changes substantially. SOLUTION: A blood vessel hardness index calculation means 92 calculates a blood vessel hardness index Ia indicating the hardness of a blood vessel of a living being based a blood pressure value BP measured by a blood pressure measuring means 70 and a judgment criterion correction means 98 correct a judgment criterion in an estimated blood pressure value abnormality judging means 87 based on the blood vessel hardness index Ia exceeding a preset specified range to facilitate the start of the measurement of blood pressures by the blood pressure measuring means 70. This facilitates the starting of measurement of a blood pressure by the blood pressure measuring means 70 when the elasticity of the blood vessel is lost or when the blood vessel is too loose thereby enabling earlier measurement of the blood pressure value BP of the living being.