Validation of the Fukuda Denshi DS-7000/NIBP-701 patient monitor by AAMI standard testing.
OBJECTIVE
We evaluated the noninvasive blood pressure accuracy of the Fukuda Denshi DS-7000 patient monitor by both the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and British Hypertension Society criteria.


RESULTS
We performed both adult/pediatric and neonate/infant studies. The DS-7000 passed the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Standard both for Methods 1 and 2 and achieved an A grade for the British Hypertension Society protocol analysis. The device has numerous 'intelligent' modes that will be of significant benefit in the monitoring of patients of all ages, especially those in critical care and operating room environments. The device may allow the clinician access to data which formerly were available only with the use of an intraarterial catheter.


CONCLUSIONS
We see the DS-7000 as a significant milestone in the development of 'intelligent' monitoring devices.
Alpert
Bruce S
BS
Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, 777 Washington Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. bsalpert@utmem.edu
Blakely
Douglas W
DW
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry; D012984:Software