PROJECT OVERVIEW / 18RPT02 adOSSIG
Developing an infrastructure for improved and harmonised metrological checks of blood-pressure measurements in Europe
Hypertension affects almost half of the European population and is responsible for 13 % of all non-accidental deaths. Hypertension increases the probability of stroke, heart attack and kidney diseases, causing over 22 % of all heart attacks. Reliable and accurate BP measurements taken by sphygmomanometers (SMs) are indispensable in the diagnostics of hypertension.
This project aims to improve the reliability and accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurements by developing an advanced oscillometric signal generator (aOSG) and by establishing new calibration procedures and services for blood pressure metrology. Furthermore, the project will establish a competence centre for blood pressure metrology and create a network for blood pressure metrology consisting of national metrology institutes, designated institutes, surveillance bodies and medical professionals.
Latest news o project development
M18 Publishable summary
Our project is 18 months old and is doing well! On this occasion, we produced another publishable summary, which can be downloaded from here or Euramet’s website.
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M9 Publishable summary
Second publishable summary of our project was published and it can be dowload either from here or EURAMET MSU webpage.
Read morePublishable summary
First publishable summary can be dowload either from here or EURAMET MSU webpage.
Read moreProject consortium
The consortium of our project combines the capabilities of eight EURAMET national metrology institutes with vast experience of pressure and medical metrology, complemented by one university who will provide academic experience.
Český metrologický insitut
(CMI)
Coordinator
Country: Czechia
Physikalisch-Technischer Pruefdienst des Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen
(BEV-PTP)
Country: Austria
Główny urząd miar
(GUM)
Country: Poland
Institut za mjeriteljstvo Bosne i Hercegovine
(IMBiH)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P.
(IPQ)
Country: Portugal
National Standards Authority of Ireland
(NSAI)
Country: Ireland
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
(PTB)
Country: Germany
Slovenský Metrologický Ústav
(SMÚ)
Country: Slovakia
Univerza v Ljubljani
(UL)
Country: Slovenia
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