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CareTaker | Wireless Vital Sign Monitor
CareTaker has
come up with
a much easier
way to moni-
tor blood
pressure in
the OR and
elsewhere.
Instead of
having to deal
with the has-
sle of an arte-
rial line, a sim-
ple finger cuff
does the job,
providing beat-by-beat blood pressure measurements instead of just
the occasional spot check. The continuous aspect is a nice feature,
since no one's blood pressure is static, and a given spot check may or
may not be indicative. With this, you get a nice waveform that shows
trends for both heart rate and blood pressure, all without any wires or
hoses.
It's Bluetooth enabled, so you can use any Android device as a moni-
tor, and the company plans to add both Apple and Windows connec-
tivity next year.
• OFF THE CUFF CareTaker's finger cuff monitors blood pressure without the hassle of an arterial
line.
