Is it possible to repair the tonometers on my own?

Everyone knows that blood pressure is one of the main indicators of the efficiency of our cardiovascular system. Many people suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure). Even doctors today are convinced that every family should have a tonometer. Especially in need of it are people of advanced age, engaged in heavy physical labor or, conversely, suffering from a lack of motor activity. The most optimal are electronic devices, besides, electronic monitors are rarely needed.

What if I'm unlucky and the tonometer breaks?

If the tonometer suddenly ceased to work after a failed fall or when the digits are turned on, and the symbols on the scoreboard are not displayed fully, or the instrument shows the same value all the time, do not worry! Contact a service center where you repair the blood pressure monitors, the technician will fix and adjust your device.

Differences between mechanical and electronic tonometers

Apparatus for measuring pressure are mechanical, semi-automatic and automatic electronic. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages.

For example, mechanical ones have the greatest accuracy (according to reviews) and the lowest price, but you need a skill to use them yourself.

All breakdowns concern the failure of individual components. Repair of tonometers Is to replace the working components. To do this, you need to purchase the 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 in the pear broke. Separately, to acquire and change the valve does not make sense, and the whole assembly with tubes is easy, because they are unified.

Electronic tonometers can be either fully automatic or semi-automatic, where the cuff is pumped manually with a pear. The price of such a device is 2-3 times higher than that of a mechanical one, and in the presence of an arrhythmia, errors in the indications are possible. Among the failures, one can note malfunctions in the operation of the electronic scoreboard, disconnection or "hovering" of the screen, problems with inflation of the air in the cuff, inaccurate indications (in comparison with another device). Repair of blood pressure monitors is usually carried out at the service center, as there is a warranty card for every device when selling . If you try to repair the device at home, it becomes invalid. Independently, you can change the cuff or pear, buying another, and batteries. The warranty does not cover replacement.

World brands and quality of equipment

The main manufacturers of automatic and semi-automatic tonometers are Omron (Japan), AND, Nissei, MicroLife, Citizen, Medisana AG (Germany), Bremed, Gamma, Maniquick, Beurer.

Modern automatic tonometers perfectly solve the problem of high-precision pressure measurement. Service centers operate in almost every city, for example, warranty and non-warranty repair of Omron's tonometers in Moscow is carried out on Vorotnikovsky Lane.

All these devices can be made in the carpal version and the shoulder. Experts rely more on the indications of devices in which the cuff is worn on the forearm, because the pressure in the arteries of the wrist is somewhat lower than it actually is.

Before using any device, you should carefully study the instructions, then it will work correctly, and repair of the tonometers generally may not be necessary.