Wrist-worn blood pressure monitor

Abstract

The present invention provides a wrist-worn blood pressure monitor that is worn around a wrist. The wrist-worn blood pressure monitor according to the present invention includes a wrist cuff including a wrist strap so as to be worn around a wrist, a sensor provided at the wrist cuff in order to measure blood pressure, and a tightener provided at the wrist cuff in order to selectively tighten the wrist cuff so that the wrist cuff compresses the wrist. According to the present invention, a user is able to conveniently measure his/her blood pressure whenever there is a need to measure the blood pressure, and the accuracy of the measured blood pressure is increased since the wrist-worn blood pressure monitor is securely tightened around the wrist.

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