Microlife · BP
BP AG1-40
A manual upper-arm blood pressure kit with a combined palm gauge and hand pump, professional cuff and supplied stethoscope.
- Type
- Upper arm
- Users
- –
- App
- No
- Validated
- –
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Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specMeasuring
- Type
- Upper arm
- Irregular heartbeat detection
- No
- AFib detection or ECG
- No
- Method
- Fully manual auscultatory upper-arm measurement using the supplied stethoscope and aneroid gauge. Combined palm dial and pumping ball with adjustable deflation valve; no electronic calculation. Actual first retail date unresolved
- Accuracy
- January 2024 guide gives 0–300 mmHg range, 2 mmHg scale divisions, static accuracy within ±3 mmHg and air leakage under ±4 mmHg/min. Guide has conflicting maintenance wording, at least six-monthly recalibration versus two-year accuracy testing; follow the exact applicable service advice rather than treating these as one interval
- Clinical validation
- Guide cites EN ISO 81060-1 and ANSI/AAMI SP09. These standards do not establish independent clinical validation; exact independent validation unresolved and headline omitted
- Features
- Mechanical palm dial and hand pump with adjustable valve; supplied stethoscope used to hear Korotkoff sounds. No automatic pulse calculation, irregular-heartbeat screening, AFib detection or ECG
Cuff
- Cuff fits
- 25.4–40.6 cm
- Cuff
- Current exact guide specifies supplied 25.4–40.6 cm cuff. Manufacturer product page describes a professional cuff without metal bar and rounds fit to 25–40 cm
Connections and memory
- Bluetooth and app
- No
- Memory
- No electronic storage; readings and date/time recorded separately by the operator
- App
- No Bluetooth, USB or phone app
- Power
- Mechanical operation without batteries or mains power
Design
- Display details
- Analogue manometer with pointer; no LCD
- Size
- Global product/support pages list 170 × 65 × 105 mm and 520 g. January 2024 exact guide instead lists 175 × 70 × 103 mm and 500 g; maker does not resolve the discrepancy or separate component weights
- In the box
- Exact guide lists cuff, pump ball, valve, stethoscope and soft bag; manometer is identified in controls
Pros and cons
Pros
- No batteries required
- Stethoscope supplied
- Gauge and pump combined for palm operation
Cons
- Requires manual listening and reading
- No electronic memory or app
- Manual inflation and deflation
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Model | Type | Users | App | Validated | Released |
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| Upper arm | – | No | – | – | |
| Upper arm | – | No | – | – | |
| Upper arm | – | No | – | – |
