Measuring Blood Pressure - Sanitas SBC 23 Instructions For Use Manual

Time is shown in 24 hour format.
Note: If you hold down M, you can set the values faster.
• Press and M simultaneously. The month starts flashing. Using
the M button, set the month 1 to 12 and confirm with
• Set the day, hour and minute and confirm in each case with

5. Measuring blood pressure

Positioning cuff
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• Bare your left wrist, making sure that the circulation in the arm is
not restricted by any clothes etc. that are too tight. Position the
cuff on the inside of your wrist.
• Fasten the cuff with the Velcro fastening so that the upper edge
of the monitor is positioned approx. 1 cm below the ball of your
thumb.
• The cuff has to be fitted tightly around the wristbut should not
constrict it.
Important: The instrument should only be operated with the origi-
nal cuff.
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Correct posture
• Rest for approx. 5 minutes before each measurement. Otherwise
there may be divergences.
• You can perform the measurement while sitting
or lying. To carry out a blood pressure meas-
urement, make sure you are sitting comfortably
with your arms and back leaning on some-
thing. Do not cross your legs. Place your feet
flat on the ground. Make sure to rest your arm
and move it. Always make sure that the cuff is at heart level. Oth-
erwise significant deviations can occur. Relax your arm and the
palm of your hand.
• In order not to distort the result, it is important to keep still during
the measurement and not talk.
Measuring blood pressure
• Start the blood pressure monitor with the
display check, during which all numbers light up, the cuff pumps
up automatically.
• Cuff air pressure is released slowly.
If a tendency towards high blood pressure is already detectable,
the cuff is pumped up again and cuff pressure increased further.
As soon as a pulse is detected, the symbol
• Systolic and diastolic pressure are alternately displayed with the
pulse.
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button. Following the
flashes.