Omron HeartGuide | Blood Pressure Monitor Watch
HeartGuide is the first, clinically accurate, wearable blood pressure monitor that can be purchased for $499.00. This watch allows you to track your heart data and learn how your everyday behaviors impact your overall health. HeartGuide is linked to an app called HeartAdvisor which makes tracking and managing your blood pressure easier than ever. If you thought that a smart watch that monitors your blood pressure was cool, this watch also monitors your fitness and sleeping activity.
The Application | HeartAdvisor
- Monitor blood pressure, activity and sleep quality
- Track trends over time with color-coded health graphs
- Easy access to dashboard, health history, reminders and settings
- Get daily actionable insights based on your personalized data
- Compare your readings to current American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines
- Easily sync your readings to your smartphone via Bluetooth®
- Share your progress by emailing readings to family, physicians, or other health care professionals
- Get a complete view of your blood pressure with systolic, diastolic and pulse readings
- Receive alerts when notable changes in blood pressure are detected
- Set physical activity goals and track your progress
- Monitor the length and quality of your sleep
- Manage your weight and BMI (body mass index)
- Works on both Apple and Android Smartphones
The price of the application : FREE
How to record Accurate blood pressure
First, put on the HeartGuide watch on your wrist like how you would with a regular watch. Make sure to face the monitor on the outside of your wrist. Once you have put on your watch, there are three important steps you must follow prior to recording your first measurement. Following these steps are important in order to get the most accurate results.
Step 1: Using your index and middle fingers together as an estimate, measure a space of approximately one inch between the edge of the band and the bottom of your palm.
Step 2: Make sure to adjust the band in a way that it fits comfortably yet firmly around the wrist. This will allow you to get the most accurate measurements. It is important to know that you should not put your finger beneath the band because it may alter the results of the blood pressure reading, making it less accurate.
Step 3: In this step you need to make sure that the inner cuff of the watch is positioned correctly. If the upper and lower sides of the cuff are overlapping, the lower side should be positioned underneath.
Once you have placed your watch on correctly, press the start button on the side of the watch. This will begin measurement. Once the posture screen appears, place your wrist at heart level. After approximately two seconds, the monitor will start a measurement and the cuff will inflate.
While the cuff is inflating, it is important to keep the watch still. Do not move, turn your wrist, talk to anyone or look at the watch display. Moving around may affect the results. The watch will vibrate lightly to notify that the measurement is complete. Results can then be transferred to the Omron App for further review.
Watch Specifics
Model: BP8000-M
Display: Transflective memory-in-pixel LCD
Memory: Blood pressure measurement up to 100 times, Activity measurement up to 7 days, Sleep measurement up to 7 times, Events up to 100 items
Transmission method: Bluetooth® low energy technology
Power source: 1 Lithium ion polymer rechargeable battery, AC adapter
Battery lifespan: Will last for approximately 500 cycles, 8 times/day measurements in normal temperatures of 77 °F (25 °C) when new battery fully charged
Battery life: A typical user can expect to charge HeartGuide approximately 2-3 times per week, depending upon the frequency of use of HeartGuide’s features
Weight: Approximately 4.1 oz (115 g)
Dimensions: Diameter approximately 1.89” (48 mm), Case thickness approximately 0.55” (14 mm), Band width approximately 1.18” (30 mm)
Measurable wrist circumference: Medium - 6.3” to 7.5” (160 to 190 mm), Large – 7.1” to 8.5” (180 to 215 mm)
Why is this important
In conclusion, this watch is an asset to the cardiac community because it makes it more accessible for patients to monitor their blood pressure. Whether it be problems with high blood pressure or below normal blood pressure, keeping your blood pressure within a normal range is extremely important. High blood pressure is one of the most prevalent diseases across the globe. For this reason, preventing high blood pressure is the most important feature that this watch has. This watch allows the prevention of heart attacks and strokes by monitoring levels daily. Another important feature that the watch has is being able to send information to family and especially doctors. This is important especially in the older patients it might be difficult to get their pressure every day and even more difficult to send it to their doctor frequently. This feature allows patients to inform of fluctuations in order to find a solution quick. In the future this can help eliminate heart attack and stroke for the next generation.
