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My project is about how emotional and nonemotional tasks can have an effect on blood pressure, which might lead later to Cardiovascular diseases. I actually want to know where or how can I get an Ohmeda Finapres 2300 BP monitor because I searched for it, but I did not find it. Or can you please tell me other way to measure Blood pressure and heart rate accurately, besides using the sphygmomanometer.

Blood Pressure is not my expertise, but there is another expert who might know something about how to measure blood pressure. I will ask him to help you.

Engy88 wrote:My project is about how emotional and nonemotional tasks can have an effect on blood pressure, which might lead later to Cardiovascular diseases. I actually want to know where or how can I get an Ohmeda Finapres 2300 BP monitor because I searched for it, but I did not find it. Or can you please tell me other way to measure Blood pressure and heart rate accurately, besides using the sphygmomanometer.

Engy, this isn't my field exactly either. Is there a reason you want that particular sphygmomanometer?

Below are some sources for similar instruments:
http://www.portablenebs.com/bpmonitors.htm

http://bodytronics.com/shop/index.cgi?c ... bp+monitor

http://www.datex-ohmeda.com/index.htm

Also saw this article that might be of interest to you:
http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cg ... l/63/4/650

Good luck!

Ceal Craig
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Engy:

You can purchase several types of blood pressure monitoring devices at your local drug store. They cost $50 to $100.

Matt Mulanax

Engy:

These two sites give a history and methods for measuring blood pressure.

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/dis ... table3.htm

http://www.vasotrac.com/medhistbp.htm

Matt Mulanax