| abstract |
A blood-pressure monitoring apparatus including a measuring device which includes an inflatable cuff adapted to apply a pressing pressure to a body portion of a living subject and which measures at least one blood-pressure value of the living subject by changing the pressing pressure of the inflatable cuff, a blood-pressure-relating-value calculating device for iteratively calculating a blood-pressure-relating value relating to the blood pressure of the living subject, a starting device for starting, when a value based on the calculated blood-pressure-relating value satisfies a predetermined first condition, a blood-pressure measurement of the measuring device, a circulatory-system-relating information obtaining device which obtains a circulatory-system-relating information relating to a circulatory system of the living subject, and a condition changing device for changing, when the obtained circulatory-system-relating information satisfies a predetermined second condition, the predetermined first condition to a changed first condition which at least one of respective values based on a plurality of blood-pressure-relating values calculated by the blood-pressure-relating-value calculating device earlier satisfies than satisfying the predetermined first condition so that the starting device earlier starts the blood-pressure measurement of the measuring device. |