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Manufacturer: Omron
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Binding: Health and Beauty
Brand: Omron
EAN: 0073796006099
Feature: Automatic wrist monitor is the simplest way to take blood pressure readings at home
Label: Omron
Manufacturer: Omron
Model: HEM 609
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Omron
Release Date: 2005-06-15
Studio: Omron
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Features
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Automatic wrist monitor is the simplest way to take blood pressure readings at home
IntelliSense monitor inflates cuff to the ideal level with each use
Large digital panel displays blood pressure and pulse readings
Cuff fits arms 9 to 13 inches in circumference
Main unit measures 2.75 x 2.125 x 1.44 inches (WxHxD), not including wrist cuff
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Editorial Reviews:
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The HEM-609 Blood Pressure Monitor offers the personalized inflation with the advanced technology of IntelliSenseª into the convenience of a wrist blood pressure monitor. The last reading is stored in the memory for quick and easy comparisons. Operation of this wrist blood pressure monitor is completely automatic with a push of a button.- Display: LCD digital display
- Pressurization: Automatic
- Batteries: 2xAAA (included)
- Weight: Approx. 5 oz. (120g) without batteries
- Measurement Method: Oscillometric
- Accuracy: Within ± 3 mmHg or 2% of reading, Pulse: Within ± 5% of reading
- Measurement Range: Pressure: 0-280 mmHg, Pulse: 40-200 beats/min.
- Operating Environment: 50¡ F to 104¡ F (10¡ C to 40¡ C) 30 to 85% relative humidity maximum
- Storage Environment: 14¡ F to 140¡ F (-10¡ C to 60¡ C) 10 to 95% relative humidity maximum
- Wrist Size: Cuff fits wrist of 5 ?" to 7 ?" in circumference
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Grossly innacurate
Comment: This unit is convenient and easy to use. Unfortunately for Omron convenience is not the figure of merit where blood pressure monitors are concerned. I stupidly trusted this device and it has quite literally impacted my health. In my case it consistantly read 30 too low! Don't use this this device for anything but entertainment!
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Summary: HEM-609 Wrist BP Monitor w/intellisense
Comment: If all that I were to rate was the "ease of use", this blood pressure monitor would easily rate 4 stars - it is extremely easy to use.
Unfortunately, it is VERY inaccurate when compared with a cuff that goes on the upper arm. The readings on the HEM-609 are always low (which would be nice if my BP were that low), but when they are compared to the readings in the doctor's office they are unsatisfactory. As a result, I bought another old-fashioned "hand-pump, read the dial with a stethoscope" monitor, and that's what I use since it agrees very closely with the doc's office.
I do not know if this problem (reading about 20mm low) is due to my wrist size (7.25") or the individual unit I have or ???. Anyhow, there is certainly a problem, and the HEM-609 is unsatisfactory and disappointing.
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Summary: Convenient but inaccurate
Comment: I purchased this recently. Last week I took it to my doctor's office to compare with the readings that the doctor and nurse obtained with a traditional cuff. We did four or five comparisons, and the wrist BP monitor was not even in the same ballpark. It wasn't consistently high or low, just erratic.
My doctor recommends an arm cuff over any wrist monitor, not just this model.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not accurate
Comment: The readings are not true.....I made comparison at my doctors office.
The wrist cuff does not capture my elavated blood presure. My doctor
suggested that I continue to use a blood presure cuff.
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Summary: The convenience counts!
Comment: I've read the reviews that question this product's accuracy, and I don't have any scientific data to argue one way or the other, but to me it seems pretty accurate and consistent with the numbers I get with the arm cuff-rubber tube-hand pump-solenoid wire models. The big difference is convenience; this one doesn't require all that equipment to deal with, and it stores away in a plastic case about a fifth the size of my previous monitor. Because it's so compact, convenient, and easy to use, it stays out on my desk and, therefore, gets used a lot more often. In medical terms, that's got to count for something.
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