CPC A61B 5/02225 (2013.01) [A61B 5/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0235 (2013.01); A61B 5/107 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/02116 (2013.01); A61B 5/02141 (2013.01); A61B 5/0225 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A blood pressure monitor comprising:
an acceleration sensor configured to be attached to an arm, which is a measurement site, of a measurement subject;
an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the measurement subject during blood pressure measurement based on an output of the acceleration sensor, the orientation of the measurement subject including: a torso angle with respect to a bed surface in a view along a body height direction of the measurement subject lying on the bed surface, and an orientation of the arm;
a blood pressure measurement unit configured to measure a blood pressure value at the measurement site of the measurement subject; and
a blood pressure correction unit configured to correct the blood pressure value of the measurement subject measured by the blood pressure measurement unit according to the orientation of the measurement subject detected by the orientation detection unit.
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