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Safety instructions
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Intended use
1. Important patient instructions
• Blood pressure measurements on children require specialist knowledge! Please
consult your doctor if you wish to measure the blood pressure of a child. Do not
under any circumstances use the unit on a baby/infant.
• The cuff has been specially developed for this unit and must not be used with
other units. It is designed for an upper arm circumference of 23-43 cm.
• The measurement results of automatically measuring blood pressure monitors
may be falsified by pregnancy, irregular heartbeats, or arteriosclerosis. Measure
your own blood pressure in cooperation with your doctor.
• Do not under any circumstances place the cuff on or over any critical point, e.g.
wound, aneurysm, etc. Risk of injuries! The supply via an intravascular access
(infusion) or other medical monitoring devices might be interrupted.
• If you have had a mastectomy, do not measure blood pressure on the side of
the body where the breast has been removed together with the lymph nodes
from the armpit.
• The unit contains small parts which could be swallowed by children. It should
therefore be kept out of the reach of children at all times. The airhose poses a
risk of strangulation. Please follow instructions regarding the handling of cuff
to avoid such risk.
• Make sure the air hose is not kinked. A kinked air hose can prevent the cuff
from deflating and thereby interrupt the blood flow in the arm for too long.
• Do not use the unit without first consulting your doctor if you are undergoing
dialysis treatment or taking anticoagulants, platelet aggregation inhibitors or
steroids. Internal bleeding may be caused under these conditions.
The cuff is first placed as shown in the illustration on the cuff on the upper arm
and then connected to the unit. When the Start/Stop button is pressed, the system
starts to build up pressure automatically. Within a very short space of time the unit
records the small oscillations within the cuff which occur owing to expansion and
contraction of the arteries in the arm (heartbeat). The build-up of pressure stops
after systole, diastole and pulse are established, after which the cuff is deflated. The
amplitude of each pressure wave is measured in millimetres of mercury (mmHg),
converted and displayed in the LCD as a digital value.
Thank you for choosing the visomat
®
comfort 20/40 upper arm blood pressure
monitor (also referred to in the following as the unit).
This unit uses the oscillometric method for measuring blood pressure and pulse rate
on the upper arm.
As well as indicating systole, diastole and pulse, the unit offers a date/time function
and additional displays for determining irregular pulses and pulse pressure. Irregular
pulses may be an indication of an irregular heartbeat but also of restlessness during
the measurement. Pulse pressure provides an indication of the stretchability of the
blood vessels. A memory stores the last 60 measurement results in each case.
It’s determined for measuring blood pressure and pulse at the upper arm, those
of people 15 years of age and over. This unit is recommended for patients with
unstable blood pressure for domestic self administration blood pressure control and
treatment support.
These instructions are intended to help the user to use the digital blood pressure
monitor safely and efficiently and must be kept with the product and forwarded, if
applicable.
The unit must be used in accordance with the procedures contained in these
instructions and must not be used for other purposes. Please read these instructions
carefully before using the unit.
