LAS VEGAS, CES 2011 — Now you can monitor your blood pressure on your iPhone or iPad, thanks to a new health-oriented accessory from Withings.
Withings’ Smart Blood Pressure Monitor is a $129 arm cuff that makes it easy to monitor your blood pressure every day, away from the doctor’s office.
“It’s much more accurate to test at home,” said Withings spokeswoman Carole Lavault.
“Twenty five percent of the worldwide population has hypertension,” she added.
On show here at CES, the system looks dead easy to use. Just wrap the sleeve around your arm and plug it into your iPhone/iPad’s dock. Hit the onscreen button, and the sleeve inflates/deflates to measure your blood pressure. That’s it; nothing to give you a heart attack.
Combined with a free app, the sleeve can record months of blood pressure data, which can be shared electronically with health care professionals.
Withings also makes the WiFi Body Scale, a net-connected scale, which can also send weight data to the blood pressure app.
Here’s a picture of the iPad app in action:
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac.
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Before founding Cult of Mac as an independent publication, Leander was news editor at Wired.com, where he was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Wired.com website. He headed up a team of six section editors, a dozen reporters and a large pool of freelancers. Together the team produced a daily digest of stories about the impact of science and technology, and won several awards, including several Webby Awards, 2X Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism and the 2010 MIN (Magazine Industry Newsletter) award for best blog, among others.
Before being promoted to news editor, Leander was Wired.com’s senior reporter, primarily covering Apple. During that time, Leander published a ton of scoops, including the first in-depth report about the development of the iPod. Leander attended almost every keynote speech and special product launch presented by Steve Jobs, including the historic launches of the iPhone and iPad. He also reported from almost every Macworld Expo in the late ’90s and early ‘2000s, including, sadly, the last shows in Boston, San Francisco and Tokyo. His reporting for Wired.com formed the basis of the first Cult of Mac book, and subsequently this website.
Before joining Wired, Leander was a senior reporter at the legendary MacWeek, the storied and long-running weekly that documented Apple and its community in the 1980s and ’90s.
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6 responses to “Monitor Your Blood Pressure With Your iPhone, iPad [CES 2011]”
Modern technology can really make things easier for us. and its very good because people that has high blood pressure can now monitor themselves with this iphone. good work!
Marie Munoz,
Blood Pressure Support
Whole Health
Great Job!
Hypertension, can be an extremely serious condition which if left
untreated can lead to cardiac arrest or a stroke. Many people are
unaware that they have high blood pressure, however, until it is too
late. The only way to know for sure is to have it checked. People who
have a history of stress or heart problems may be required to have their
blood pressure monitored regularly. Furthermore, hypotension, can also
be a problem, and can lead to dizziness, nausea, and unconsciousness.
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