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Truebp Clinical Information Leaflet
Truebp Clinical Information Leaflet
Truebp Clinical Information Leaflet
TrueBPTM
(Mindray Linear Inflation
Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
Measurement)
Clinical Information Leaflet
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ensure patient safety and avoid undesired sion and on anticoagulant or thrombolytic
complications. The application of too high a therapy are more susceptible to these com-
cuff pressure, combined with continuous plications[5-8].
monitoring and/or other clinical settings,
Combined with the above, the impact that a
like prone positioning or surgery, can result
BP measurement technique will have on a
in adverse events like limb oedema, pain,
patient’ s comfort as, for example, the anxiety
er ythema, ecchymoses, compressive
derived from the “alerting phenomenon”
n e u r a p r a x i a , t h ro m b o p h l e b i t i s, a n d,
(white-coat hypertension), can be aggravated
ultimately, necrosis and compartment syn-
by longer and more aggressive measure-
drome. Patients with pre-existing peripheral
ments, and may impact the accuracy of the
neuropathies, arterial or venous insufficien-
obtained data [9, 10].
cy, diabetes mellitus, impaired limb perfu-
NIBP measurement with oscillometry by reads the pressure changes in the cuff, which
step deflation method: are converted into digital signals by A/D sam-
pling to calculate the diastolic blood pressure
There are many methods to measure BP (DBP), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and
non-invasively, but the most widely used is mean blood pressure (MBP). The cuff pressure
the indirect measurement of BP according to corresponding to the maximum oscillation
the principle of oscillometry by step defla- amplitude is MBP; SBP and DBP are then esti-
tion. This method is based on the interrup- mated indirectly according to an empirically
tion and release of the arterial blood flow by derived algorithm.
inflating and deflating a cuff. During the
measurement, the pressure oscillations are
detected in the cuff pressure, their amplitude NIBP measurement with oscillometry by
is measured and analysed (depending on the linear inflation method:
cuff pressure), and their frequency under
different pressures are measured (depending In the inflation measurement method, the
on patient’s pulse rate). cuff is inflated and pressurized by an air
pump to constrict the artery gradually, from
The sphygmomanometer uses an air pump completely open to completely occluded.
to inflate and pressurize the cuff, which then The pressure sensor collects the pressure
constricts the artery, so it is completely changes in the cuff, which are then convert-
occluded. Then, the deflation valve initiates ed into digital signals by A/D sampling to
the deflation so that cuff pressure is slowly calculate the DBP, SBP and MBP. The cuff pres-
reduced step by step. The pressure sensor sure corresponding to the maximum oscilla-
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tion amplitude is MBP; SBP and DBP are then The main advantage of this method is that it
estimated indirectly according to an empiri- can meet the requirements of speed and
cally derived algorithm. comfort, but its anti-interference perfor-
mance is lower than the step deflation.
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When the patient’ s blood pressure is higher samples the cuff pressure at regular intervals
than the current target pressure, this will lead through the auxiliary pressure measurement
to one or more repeated inflation and defla- circuit and compares the sampled cuff pres-
tion cycles (Figure 4), increasing measure- sure with a calibrated overpressure protec-
ment time, potentially causing discomfort to tion value. If the sampled cuff pressure
the patient, and possibly even measurement exceeds the calibrated overpressure protec-
failure. tion value, the auxiliary microprocessor
circuit will send a control signal to open the
deflation valve until the cuff pressure goes
back to a safe pressure range (patented in
the U.S. and China)[11, 12]
Reliable:
Figure 4. Low target pressure leads to repeated inflation
and deflation cycles
TrueBP TM vs auscultatory BP measurement:
During the development of TrueBP TM , the
technology was compared against the defla-
Gentler: tion auscultatory method using a stetho-
scope, which is still considered the gold stan-
Besides the reduced inflation pressure
dard for measuring BP non-invasively. The test
achieved when compared to the step defla-
protocol included 86 samples, covering
tion method, and in order to prevent injury to
adults and children with different blood pres-
patients caused by excessive inflation pres-
sure ranges, and a total of 258 sets of mea-
sure, TrueBPTM is designed with a safety pro-
sured data. The statistical results displayed in
tection circuit, which is independently
the table below showed that when com-
equipped with an auxiliary pressure measure-
pared to the deflation auscultatory method
ment circuit and an auxiliary microprocessor
values, the Mindray linear inflation measure-
circuit. During a normal blood pressure mea-
ment (TrueBPTM) results met the requirements
surement, the auxiliary microprocessor circuit
of clinical standards (Table 1) [13, 14].
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