Sensor in artery measures blood pressure

Monday, January 5, 2009 - 16:21 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made easier by a pressure sensor that is inserted in the femoral artery.

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