Barc Develops BP Monitor

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc-India) has developed a patient-friendly, low-cost non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) module to be used for monitoring blood pressure in operation theatres and intensive care units.

NIBP will be the first indigenous non-invasive BP module and the technology has been developed by the Biomedical Instrumentation section of Electronic Division of Barc, senior scientific officer of Barc G D Jindal told PTI here. Barc has also developed Oxygen Saturation Monitor (OSM) using infra-red and red light to detect the proportion of red blood cells, Jindal said.

( Ref : Economic Times dated 25th July, 2005)

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