Even though it's from Omron, and they've been making BP monitors for a very long time, I'm having
very hard time believing that this device is in fact "clinically accurate."
There are two main types of BP monitors - arm monitors and wrist monitors. Arm monitors (with a cuff that goes over the upper arm) are the de facto standard for accuracy.
Wrist monitors go in the wrist and they MAY be accurate if used as precisely as specified, in stationary conditions, with the wrist raised to the heart level. But even then, their accuracy is around 10% percent, which is not sufficient, for example, to reliably detect elevated diastolic (lower) pressure.
* There are also finger monitors, but these are a specialist hospital equipment and their accuracy is poor as well.
Now, to put this watch in perspective - this is a wrist BP monitor that measures at will and claims clinical accuracy, which is hard to get from a regular wrist monitor under ideal conditions. I don't see how this is possible, save for Omron making a major breakthrough in BP measurement tech... which would've been a massive deal and warranted headlines of its own. But there are none, so this must be a repackaged existing tech -> hence the doubts.
There are two main types of BP monitors - arm monitors and wrist monitors. Arm monitors (with a cuff that goes over the upper arm) are the de facto standard for accuracy.
Wrist monitors go in the wrist and they MAY be accurate if used as precisely as specified, in stationary conditions, with the wrist raised to the heart level. But even then, their accuracy is around 10% percent, which is not sufficient, for example, to reliably detect elevated diastolic (lower) pressure.
* There are also finger monitors, but these are a specialist hospital equipment and their accuracy is poor as well.
Now, to put this watch in perspective - this is a wrist BP monitor that measures at will and claims clinical accuracy, which is hard to get from a regular wrist monitor under ideal conditions. I don't see how this is possible, save for Omron making a major breakthrough in BP measurement tech... which would've been a massive deal and warranted headlines of its own. But there are none, so this must be a repackaged existing tech -> hence the doubts.