Everyone knows that blood pressure is one of the main indicators of the performance of our cardiovascular system. Hypertension (high blood pressure) affects many. Even doctors today are convinced that every family should have a tonometer. Elderly people who are engaged in heavy physical labor or, on the contrary, suffering from a lack of physical activity, especially need it. The most optimal are electronic devices, in addition, repair of electronic blood pressure monitors is extremely rare.
What to do if you are unlucky and the tonometer is broken?
If the tonometer suddenly stopped working after an unsuccessful fall, or when you turn on the numbers and symbols on the display are not fully displayed, or the whole time the device displays the same value, do not worry! Contact the service center where the tonometers are repaired, the master will repair and set up your device.
Differences between mechanical and electronic tonometers
Pressure measuring devices are mechanical, semi-automatic and automatic electronic. Each of them has its advantages and disadvantages.
For example, mechanical ones have the greatest accuracy (according to reviews) and the lowest price, but you need the skill to use them yourself.
All failures relate to the failure of individual components. Tonometer Repair consists in replacing working components. To do this, you need to purchase a failed node in the medical equipment store and replace it. For example, if the device does not pump air into the cuff, then, most likely, the check valve broke in the pear. Separately, it does not make sense to purchase and change the valve, and the entire assembly with tubes is easy, since they are unified.
Electronic blood pressure monitors are both fully automatic and semi-automatic, where the cuff is inflated manually using a pear. The price of such a device is 2-3 times higher than a mechanical one, and in the presence of arrhythmia, errors in the readings are possible. Of the breakdowns, malfunctions in the electronic display, malfunctioning or “freezing” of the screen, problems with pumping air into the cuff, inaccurate readings (in comparison with another device) can be noted. Repair of tonometers is usually carried out in a service center, since there is a warranty card for each device when sold . If you try to fix the device at home, it becomes invalid. You can independently change the cuff or pear by buying another, and batteries. Warranty does not apply to their replacement.
Global brands and quality equipment
The main manufacturers of automatic and semi-automatic blood pressure monitors: Omron (Japan), AND, Nissei, MicroLife, Citizen, Medisana AG (Germany), Bremed, Gamma, Maniquick, Beurer.
Modern automatic blood pressure monitors perfectly solve the problem of high-precision pressure measurement. Service centers operate in almost every city, for example, warranty and non-warranty repairs of Omron tonometers in Moscow are carried out on Vorotnikovsky Lane.
All of these devices can be performed in the carpal and shoulder versions. Specialists trust the testimony of instruments in which the cuff is worn on the forearm, since the pressure in the arteries of the wrist is slightly lower than it actually is.
Before using any device, you should carefully study the instructions, then it will work correctly, and tonometer repair may not be necessary at all.