“Wherever sunlight is available “HEM-SOLAR monitors” will allow health practitioners and individuals to take blood pressure readings. The development of this series further illustrates Omron’s commitment to environmental stewardship” says Keiichiro Akahoshi, representative director and CEO of Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.

To release worldwide in spring 2009, HEM-SOLAR series, Solar-powered digital blood pressure monitors has developed by the ‘Omron Healthcare Co Ltd’, a subsidiary of ‘Omron Corporation’ and a leading manufacturer of medical, home healthcare and wellness products.

Two blood pressures monitor for the series i.e. a manual upper-arm and automatic upper-arm model has developed by the ‘Omron Healthcare’. Through the solar panel at the back of the product, exposing to the sunlight charges both. The manual model can take more than 100 readings while the automatic model can take 28 readings just four hours after direct exposure to sunlight. Manual model requires approximately 15 hours and 24 hours for the automatic model to get fully charged. The manual model can take measurements more than 280 times and the automatic model takes more than 100 times, when both of them are charged fully. Regardless of the closeness to an electric supply source the monitors facilitate easy readings wherever sunlight is available.

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