Blood Pressure Estimation Algorithm Based on Photoplethysmography Pulse Analyses

Abstract

Though small wrist-type blood pressure (BP) measurement devices using simple sensors have recently been developed, they lack accuracy and require the input of personal user data. To miniaturize BP measurement devices, this study proposes the use of algorithms that can calculate BP using sensors that utilize only two photoplethysmographies (PPGs), without the need for electrocardiograms. To reduce the error of indirect BP measurement, specific values representing individual blood vessel conditions are improved via the application of an algorithm developed using mean arterial pressure and PPG phase difference. To reduce the error that occurs when measuring BP using PPG, a specific value algorithm used to develop a miniaturized BP measuring device using two PPGs is proposed along with a new model. The developed ultra-small PPG measuring device uses a reflective photoplethysmography measurement circuit. This is presented as a PPG-only model that deviates from the method of additionally linking existing electrocardiography (ECG). The measurement device developed in this study is compared with the air-pressurized automatic BP measurement device in terms of the BP measurement value; the result of maintaining the error stably at 5% is derived to prove the superiority of the algorithm.

Keywords

• blood pressure
• photoplethysmography
• systolic blood pressure
• diastolic blood pressure
• pulse interval
• mean arterial pressure