NIBP Monitor

Non-Invasive Blood pressure (NIBP)Unit

About

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. During each heartbeat, BP varies between a maximum (systolic) and a minimum (diastolic) pressure. The mean BP, due to pumping by the heart and resistance to flow in blood vessels, decreases as the circulating blood moves away from the heart through arteries. Blood pressure drops most rapidly along the small arteries and arterioles, and continues to decrease as the blood moves through the capillaries and back to the heart through veins. Gravity, valves in veins, and pumping from contraction of skeletal muscles, are some other influences on BP at various places in the body.

The term blood pressure usually refers to the pressure measured at a person's upper arm. It is measured on the inside of an elbow at the brachial artery, which is the upper arm's major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. A person's BP is usually expressed in terms of the systolic pressure and diastolic pressure (mmHg), for example 120/80.

Manufacturers

• Alaris
• Colin
• Critikon
• Datascope
• Datex-Ohmeda
• Fukuda Denshi
• Hewlett-Packard
• IVAC Corporation
• Marquette
• Nihon Kohden
• Ohio Medical Products
• Omega
• OMRON HEALTHCARE
• Paramed
• Philips Medical Systems
• Quinton Systems
• Siemens
• Sentron (Bard Biomedical)
• Spacelabs Healthcare
• Welch Allyn Inc

Models

Alaris 4410
Alaris 4415
Welch Allyn VSM 300
Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs
Welch Allyn 53NTO
Welch Allyn 622NP-E1
Welch Allyn 206-EL