Santamedical Adult Deluxe Aneroid Sphygmomanometer

Santamedical Adult Deluxe Aneroid Sphygmomanometer 

This is a great tool for just about anyone.  If your a care taker and need to check blood pressure or even for yourself to be assured at your numbers.  It is a great gift for those thinking of going in the medicine field especially nursing.  It is a great tool to get and teach your kids how to use it just in case you want to push your kids into a certain direction like medicine.  Not only is is a valuable learning tool but is something that any one could use. 

I have high blood pressure so we got this to check her levels for when our electronic ones do not work.  This is a more reliable tool then some of the electronic ones.  We are happy to have this because knowing your numbers can help save your life. 


I am currently homeschooling my son but I have taken some medical classes so I am passing on the knowledge to my son.  It never hurts to learn more.

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Sphygmomanometer

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A sphygmomanometer (/ˌsfɪɡmoʊməˈnɒmɨtər/ sfig-moh-mə-nom-i-tər), blood pressure meter, or blood pressure gauge (also referred to as a sphygmometer) is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to restrict blood flow, and a mercuryor 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 σφυγμός (sphygmos, pulse), plus the scientific term manometer (pressure meter). The device was invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch in 1881.^[1] 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 a mechanism for inflation which may be a manually operated bulb and valve or a pump operated electrically.

The usual unit of measurement of blood pressure is millimeters of mercury (mmHg) as measured directly by a manual sphygmomanometer.

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