The Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor is a device for people who want to measure their blood pressure at home, and keep track of their readings over time. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the device.
Unlike conventional blood pressure cuffs, the Withings BP Monitor is permanently in a rigid cylindrical form that allows the user to easily slip their arm through. Downloading the free Withings Healthmate App takes a few more minutes to setup and get running. Once the Bluetooth connection is made (which involves a few steps) you control the BP monitor exclusively from the app.
The American Heart Association recommends that people who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension)monitor their blood pressure at home.
It is fairly easy to take a measurement and see longitudinal trends in blood pressure and heart rate taken by the device. You may also separately take measurements for others, or add your BP measurements taken elsewhere such as at a doctor’s visit. Sending this information as a report was a great feature that is a good step toward enabling this device to aid healthcare providers in managing patients that need to be monitored.
Tech Specs
- Fits arm circumferences 9 to 17 in
- BP measurement range: 0 to 285 mmHg (accuracy: ±3 mmHg or 2% of reading)
- Weight: 1.3 lbs (without batteries)
- Runs on 4 AAA batteries, already inserted when shipped
- The Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor bears the CE mark as proved compliant with European medical device regulations and has clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA.
Withings has configured the free Health Mate app to automatically launch once you turn on the monitor and are ready to take a reading, which makes taking your blood pressure with this device that much quicker and easier.
The Health Mate app provides a clean interface to display your systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as your heart rate all on one screen. The app displays colored bullets (green, orange, and red) which give you instant visual feedback on how your measurement correlates to the blood pressure classification from the NIH.
Your measurements are automatically stored and backed up on the Withings Health Cloud, so no need to worry about losing track of any information. We find this to be a strong point of the app since it is a great idea to follow your blood pressure trends over time.
Having a digital history of your reading allows you to easily share your data with your doctor (or any trusted health professional) via email directly from the app. If you have additional Withings products such as a scale or body analyzer, you can have a pretty complete picture of your health over time (blood pressure, pulse, weight, etc.) which can be invaluable to you and your doctor.
You can even upload your blood pressure results to Facebook or other social media platforms if you feel so inclined.The Health Mate app also integrates information from other wireless Withings health devices including the WS-30 Wireless Scale, WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer, and Pulse O2 Activity Tracker. So if you already have one of these items, you can monitor all of your measurements in one centralized place with the Health Mate app.
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