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SPHYGMOMANOMETRE [12 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

sphygmomanometer: an item in the "Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

sphygmomanomètre : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement médicaux et psychologiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Blood
  • Bioengineering
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Sang
  • Technique biologique
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d’une compagnie canadienne d’équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

An instrument for measuring arterial blood pressure.

OBS

The two types of sphygmomanometers are a mercury column and a gauge with a dial face. The sphygmomanometer in most frequent use today consists of a gauge attached to a rubber cuff which is wrapped around the upper arm and is inflated to constrict the arteries.

OBS

Currently, there are three major configurations of blood pressure monitors for home use: the mercury sphygmomanometer, the aneroid manometer, and semiautomatic manual-inflation or automatic-inflation digital devices.

OBS

According to some sources, the terms "sphygmanometer", "sphygmometer" and "hemomanometer" are synonyms. In fact, these are three different instruments: a sphygmanometer measures arterial blood pressure; a sphygmometer or sphygmograph measures the strength and frequency of the pulse beat; an hemomanometer or hemodynamometer is an instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Appareil composé d’un brassard gonflable et d’un manomètre, servant à mesurer la pression artérielle.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre le terme sphygmomanomètre avec le terme sphygmographe qui désigne un instrument servant à enregistrer le pouls artériel. Le sphygmomanomètre diffère également de l'hémomanomètre ou hémodynamomètre, manomètre permettant la mesure de la pression sanguine intravasculaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
DEF

Instrumento para el registro indirecto de la tensión arterial.

OBS

Está constituido por un manguito hinchable que se ajusta alrededor del brazo, una pera que controla la presión del manguito y un manómetro aneroide o de mercurio.

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Record 4 2008-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A portable, handheld blood pressure measurement unit consisting of a cuff that is easily applied with one hand, a built-in or attachable stethoscope, a valve that inflates and deflates the cuff automatically, and an easy-to-read data display screen.

OBS

Currently, there are three major configurations of blood pressure monitors for home use: the mercury sphygmomanometer, the aneroid manometer, and semiautomatic manual-inflation or automatic-inflation digital devices. ... The second most common type of blood pressure device is the aneroid manometer, developed in 1897. This type of meter is made up of a numbered dial and manually inflated cuff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
OBS

[Le tensiomètre anéroïde] ne contient pas de mercure, mais la pression artérielle provenant du brassard est lue par l’intermédiaire d’une membrane métallique située dans un boîtier. [...] Ce matériel permet de recueillir la pression artérielle au niveau du bras, mais également au niveau du poignet ou du doigt.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
CONT

A mercury sphygmomanometer is operated by inflating a rubber cuff placed around a patient's arm until blood flow stops. The cuff pressure is measured via the mercury column.

OBS

Currently, there are three major configurations of blood pressure monitors for home use: the mercury sphygmomanometer, the aneroid manometer, and semiautomatic manual-inflation or automatic-inflation digital devices.

OBS

Blood pressure measurement by sphygmomanometer is normally performed using a mercury manometer. This can consist of a U- tube half-filled with mercury, but more commonly it is a single tube, held vertical in use, which sits in a small reservoir of mercury. The reservoir is connected by a rubber tube to the source of air pressure to be measured. As pressure is applied mercury is forced up the column and the pressure can be read from a scale behind. The actual pressure is indicated by the difference in the level of the mercury in the column and the reservoir.

OBS

The mercury manometer is in fact only a part of the device called "mercury tensiometer". Mercury manometers are used in numerous fields. For example, the negative pressure within a dairy’s milking system is controlled by a mercury manometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
CONT

Au cabinet médical, la méthode recommandée est la mesure clinique au moyen d’un sphygmomanomètre à mercure, le patient étant depuis plusieurs minutes en position assise ou couchée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A sphygmomanometer in which the disappearance and reappearance of the pulse are indicated by an oscillating needle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Type de sphygmomanomètre dans lequel l'apparition et la disparition des pulsations sont indiquées par les oscillations d’une aiguille sur un cadran.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

sphygmomanometer: An instrument for measuring the blood pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Appareil électronique servant à mesurer la pression artérielle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Instrumento que mide la presión sanguínea.

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Record 8 1994-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
DEF

Moniteur qui mesure la tension artérielle à intervalles réguliers et sans effraction tissulaire.

OBS

Le terme générique «tensiomètre» n’est pas retenu pour désigner cet appareil particulier.

OBS

sphygmomanomètre itératif : Terme et définition recommandés par l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 10 1990-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Sounds heard during auscultatory determination of blood pressure, produced by sudden distention of the artery, the walls of which were previously relaxed because of the proximally placed pneumatic cuff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Bruits artériels permettant la mesure de la pression artérielle par la méthode auscultatoire, perçus sur l'artère immédiatement en aval du sphygmomanomètre pour des valeurs de contrepression intermédiaires entre la pression maximale au-dessous de laquelle ils apparaissent(pression systolique) et la pression minimale au-dessous de laquelle ils disparaissent(pression diastolique).

Spanish

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Record 11 1990-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Cardiovascular System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Système cardio-vasculaire

Spanish

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Record 12 1983-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Voir source pour contexte.

Spanish

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