Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device includes: a memory for storing a standard constant .alpha.; an input means for inputting a correcting blood pressure value; a time interval reference point detection section for detecting a time interval detection reference point in a pulse wave on the side of aortae; a pulse wave detection section for detecting a pulse wave on the side of peripheral blood vessels appearing with a time lag with respect to the pulse wave on the side of aortae; a pulse wave propagation time measurement section for measuring a pulse wave propagation time based on respective detected outputs from the time interval detection reference point detection means and the pulse wave detection means; an operation means for determining a constant .beta. using the blood pressure value for calibration, pulse wave propagation time, and standard constant .alpha.

Abstract: A pulse-wave propagation time basis blood pressure monitor includes a memory for storing an equation describing the relationship between the pulse wave propagation time and the parameter .alpha., input means for entering the blood pressure value for calibration, a time-interval detect reference point detecting means for detecting a reference point for detecting the time interval of a pulse wave in the aorta of a subject; pulse wave detecting means for detecting a pulse wave which appears in the peripheral blood vessel after it appears in the aorta; pulse-wave propagation time measuring section for measuring a pulse wave propagation time from the output signals of the time-interval detect reference point detecting means and the pulse wave detecting means, first computing means for determining the parameter .alpha.

Abstract: The multi-functional blood pressure monitor includes input unit for entering a value of blood pressure for calibration; unit for detecting a time interval detection reference point on an aortic pulse wave, unit for detecting a peripheral blood pulse wave as it appears later than the aortic pulse wave, unit (CPU) for measuring the pulse wave propagation time on the basis of the detection outputs from the unit for detecting a time interval detection reference point and the unit for detecting a peripheral blood pulse wave, first computing unit (CPU) for computing the values of parameters .alpha. and .beta. using the two values of blood pressure that have been entered for calibration and the two pulse wave propagation times that have been measured for calibration, second computing unit (CPU) for computing blood pressure from a measured pulse wave propagation time and the values of parameters .alpha. and .beta., and display for presenting both the computed blood pressure and the value of parameter .alpha.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitoring system includes a blood pressure measurement device for measuring blood pressure using a cuff, a memory for storing an externally inputted pulse wave propagation time fluctuation threshold, a time interval detection reference point detection section for detecting a time interval detection reference point in a pulse wave on the side of aortae of a living organism, a pulse wave detection section for detecting a pulse wave on the side of peripheral blood vessels appearing with a time lag with respect to the pulse wave on the side of aortae, a pulse wave propagation time measurement section for measuring a pulse wave propagation time based on respective detected outputs from the time interval detection reference point detection section and the pulse wave detection section, an operation device for calculating a pulse wave propagation fluctuation from two measured pulse wave propagation times, a judgment device for judging whether or not the calculated pulse wave propagation time fluctua