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Oscillometric Automated<br />

BP Monitors<br />

PBS&D – Fall 2004 – Polikar http://engineering.rowan.edu/~polikar/CLASSES/ECE404<br />

BP cuff<br />

External Internal<br />

Auto-zero<br />

valve<br />

Over-<br />

Pressure<br />

switch<br />

Pressure<br />

sensor<br />

Inflation<br />

system<br />

Deflate valve<br />

Dump<br />

valve<br />

MAP<br />

HR<br />

Cuff pressure<br />

Microcomputer<br />

with memory<br />

and I/O<br />

Cuff pressure<br />

oscillations<br />

SYS<br />

DYS<br />

Multiplexer<br />

and analog<br />

to digital<br />

converter<br />

Block diagram <strong>of</strong> the major components and subsystems <strong>of</strong> an oscillometric blood-pressure<br />

monitoring device, based on the Dinamap unit, I/O = input/output; MAP = mean arterial<br />

pressure; HR = heart rate; SYS= systolic pressure; DYS = diastolic pressure. From Ramsey M III.

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