Evaluating Results; Cardiac Arrhythmia; Doctor's Function; Saving, Retrieving And Deleting Results - inventum BC18 Instruction Manual

detectable, the cuff is pumped up again and the cuff
pressure is increased further. As soon as a heart rate is
detected, the heart rate symbol
• Heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure are
displayed.
• You can interrupt measurement at any time by pressing the
"START/STOP" button.
• The " " icon appears if it has not been possible to
perform the measurement properly. Observe the section
in these instructions on Error messages and repeat the
measurement.

8 | evaluating results

Cardiac arrhythmia

This instrument can identify possible heart rhythm
disturbance during measurement and if necessary indicates
the measurement with the icon
This may be an indicator for arrhythmia. Arrhythmia is a
condition where the heart rhythm is abnormal as a result of
defects in the bioelectrical system controlling the heart
beat. The symptoms (omitted or premature heart beats,
slow or excessively fast heart rate) may be caused, among
other things, by heart disease, age, physical predisposition,
excessive use of stimulants, stress or lack of sleep.
Arrhythmia can only be ascertained through examination by
your doctor. Repeat the measurement if the icon
displayed after the measurement. Please note that you
should rest for 5 minutes between measurements and not
talk or move during the measurement. If the icon
appears often, please contact your doctor. Any self-diagnosis
and treatment based on the test results may be dangerous.
is displayed.
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It is vital to follow your doctor's instructions.

Doctor's Function

After a successful measurement, the instrument first shows
the test result. The set limit values are compared with the
test result and shown as follows:
• systolic value within and below the limit value:
value appears
• diastoli value within and below the limit value:
value appears
• systolic value above the limit value:
• diastolic value above the limit value:
If you would like to check your set limit values, press the
"MODE" button. You can return to the results display at any
time by releasing the "MODE" button. Pressing the "START/
STOP" button allows you to start a new measurement. Please
ensure that the 5 minutes' rest between two measurements
is adhered to. If you do not press any button, the instrument
automatically switches off after one minute.
9 | saving, retrieving and deleting
results
• The results of each successful measurement are stored
together with date and time. With more than 30 items of
measured data, the earliest items of data measured are
lost.
• In order to retrieve measurement results again, press
the button "MEMORY". Using the buttons
"up" select the required user memory and press the
"MEMORY" button. Initially, the average value of all stored
results in this user memory is displayed (memory space
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value flashes
value flashes
"down" or