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Cumulative No. of Blood Pressure Monitors Sold Over the Past 43 Years
Healthcare Business Lifestyle Diseases
Early morning
(waking up)
Meals (salt intake)
Temperature
Exercise/activity
Stress
Night (sleep)
Sleep apnea (snoring)
Technology that Measures Blood Pressure
with Every Heartbeat
Our blood pressure goes through significant
changes throughout the day. To fully understand
our risk of disease, we must monitor our blood
pressure on a continual basis. Traditional blood
pressure monitors squeeze the upper arm or
wrist tightly, temporarily stopping the flow of
blood. This discomfort associated with
measuring blood pressure makes it difficult for
users to measure with frequency.
　To resolve this issue, Omron developed the
world’
s first wrist-wearable blood pressure
monitor that uses the tonometry method*3. With
this technology, patients only need place the
monitor on their wrist to measure their blood
pressure health. If this type of comfortable
blood pressure monitor becomes a practical
everyday product, users will be able to track
blood pressure variations in a way not possible
with current monitors. In particular, this
development will allow users to monitor their
blood pressure during sleep. Dramatic spikes in
blood pressure during sleep have been tied to
an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Continuously measuring blood pressure at every
heartbeat lets a user track variations in blood
pressure that could indicate the onset of
cerebral and cardiovascular diseases. This in
turn can aid in preventing sickness, as users can
be prompted to take measures against lifestyle
diseases and high blood pressure.
New Technology Creates New Value in the
Blood Pressure Business
Using this technology, our first step is to create
a product for clinical use by the end of 2017. At
present, blood pressure monitors account for
50% of the ¥100 billion in annual Healthcare
Business sales. We will deliver new value to
customers, who will be able to predict their risk
of heart attacks and strokes by detecting
fluctuations in their blood pressure. At the same
time, this new technology will serve as the
foundation for our sustainable growth over the
next 10 to 20 years.
Estimates suggest that nearly 1 billion people–or roughly 13% of the planet’
s population*1
have high blood pressure. In 2012, 17.5 million people*2 died from cerebral and cardiovascular
diseases caused by high blood pressure. Omron is applying our unique technologies in a new
fight to realize zero cerebral and cardiovascular events.
More than
18 0 Million Units
Helping Prevent Cerebral and Cardiovascular Diseases
*1 Source: WHO 2013 Report
*2 Source: WHO 2015 Report
*3 Method to measure blood pressure by pressing a pressure sensor on the radial artery.
†News release: http://www.healthcare.omron.co.jp/english/news/2016/0418.html
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Blood Pressure Varies Widely throughout the Day
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Diagram of Blood Pressure Monitor Using
New Technology (on Radial Artery)
Radial artery
Pressure sensor
Sustainability Topics
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