The History of Blood Pressure

The History of Blood Pressure A comprehensive collection of historically important blood pressure devices

07/04/2026

For decades, the blood pressure monitor was a simple instrument. It measured.

26/01/2026

It’s hard to think of another medical object so ordinary—and so powerful—as the blood pressure cuff. It sits in clinics like a spare pen.

21/01/2026

The Danger of Miscuffing - Why Size is Important

03/12/2025

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03/12/2025

In the long history of medicine, few inventions have shaped clinical practice as profoundly as the inflatable blood pressure cuff. It stands as a symbol of simplicity and trust—so deeply woven into the fabric of healthcare that its presence in a clinic seems as natural as the stethoscope or the wh...

20/10/2025

La pression artérielle brachiale (PA), mesurée au bras par un brassard, est la base de l’évaluation du risque cardiovasculaire depuis plus d’un siècle. Pourtant, des données de plus en plus nombreuses montrent que la pression artérielle centrale (PAC) — la pression dans l’aorte et les ...

20/10/2025

Brachial blood pressure (BP), measured with an arm cuff, has been the backbone of cardiovascular risk assessment for over a century. Yet, accumulating evidence shows that central blood pressure (CBP)—the pressure in the aorta and large elastic arteries closest to the heart and brain—more accurat...

04/03/2025

We have quite a few models of sphygmographs in the O’Brien/HealthWorks Collection of blood pressure monitors (www.bloodpressurehistory.

07/01/2025

I am seeing more and more work done on the measurement of central blood pressure, but there is still a fundamental lack of understanding on its value and interpretation of results, so I thought I’d give it a quick overview. Central blood pressure (CBP) refers to the pressure within the aorta, the ...

18/12/2024

I have been doing research in blood pressure diagnostics for the last 30 years, mostly focusing on oscillometric methods of measurement and diagnosis. Over the last couple of years I have been doing more and more research on what is unfortunately a very often misunderstood parameter, which is Centra

10/09/2024

Birth : 1 April, 1848 Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Death : 25 May, 1881 (aged 33), New York City, USA George Washington Morrison Nutt, better known by his stage name Commodore Nutt, was an American dwarf and an entertainer associated with P. T.

27/08/2024

Birth : 11 May 1811, Samut Songkhram, Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) Death : 17 Jan 1874 (aged 62), Mount Airy, North Carolina, USA Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker were Siamese (Thai) American conjoined twin brothers whose fame propelled the expression “Siamese twins” to become synonymous for conjoined...

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