Dr.Odin Mercury Free Sphygmomanometer (OED- 101)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Is a mercury free apparatus used for taking blood pressure?
  Mercury-free blood pressure measuring devices have been used by most major medical facilities and accepted by medical personnel for many years for taking blood pressure.
• What is the working principle of sphygmomanometer?
  All sphygmomanometers rely on the principle that when a cuff containing a hollow rubber air bladder is wrapped around a limb and the cuff is inflated, the pressure in the bladder is equal to the pressure on the artery under the cuff.
• Is aneroid sphygmomanometer mercury free?
  As a result of safety and environmental concerns about mercury, aneroid sphygmomanometers have replaced mercury-filled devices for blood pressure measurements.
• What are the uses of mercury free sphygmomanometer?
  To measure blood pressure, a sphygmomanometer is used, which is more often referred to as a blood pressure cuff. The cuff is wrapped around your upper arm and inflated to stop the flow of blood in your artery. Used to check automatic device results and should also be used in clinical conditions where automatic monitors may be inappropriate e.g. arrhythmia, pre-eclampsia or specific vascular disease
• Which is more accurate aneroid or digital sphygmomanometer?
  The aneroid device had better accuracy than the digital device as compared to mercury sphygmomanometer and should be used for proper and better management