Key result
Cuffless blood pressure monitors show continuous tracking promise but lack standardized validation for clinical use.
Why the study?
Traditional cuff-based blood pressure monitors have limitations in convenience and continuous monitoring, while cuffless monitors face challenges in meeting clinical performance standards.
Standardized validation protocols for accuracy and reliability in dynamic settings are urgently needed to enable the safe clinical adoption of cuffless blood pressure monitors.
Cuffless BP devices should not enter routine practice; leaves open the need for standardized validation trials to confirm reliability.
Cardiovascular diseases, particularly hypertension, pose a significant threat to global health, often referred to as a "silent killer". Traditional cuff-based blood pressure monitors have limitations in terms of convenience and continuous monitoring capabilities. As an alternative, cuffless blood pressure monitors offer a promising approach for the detection and prevention of hypertension. Despite their potential, achieving clinical performance standards remains a challenge. This review focuses on the principles of the device, current research and development, and devices that are currently approved as medical devices. Then, we describe measures to meet home and clinical performance requirements. In addition, we provide thoughts on validating the accuracy of devices in the home and hospital setting.
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Tamura et al. (2025) conducted a review in Hypertension. Cuffless blood pressure monitors vs. Cuff-based blood pressure monitors was evaluated. Cuffless blood pressure measurement offers promising capabilities for continuous monitoring, but standardized accuracy validation and robustness to motion artifacts are required for clinical acceptance.
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