Blood pressure monitors are devices designed to help make precise diagnoses of patients who suffer from hypertension using techniques, such as oscillometric methods and Korotkoff’s measurements, using either an arm cuff or a wrist cuff.

Heart rate monitors are devices used to measure the heart rate during exercise or vigorous activity and are a way to gauge how hard the patient is working.

The Doppler fetal heart rate monitor is a hand-held ultrasound transducer that uses the Doppler effect to provide an audible simulation of the heart beat and displays the number of beats per minute.

Pulse oximetry is a simple non-invasive method of monitoring the percentage of hemoglobin (Hb) in the blood that is saturated with oxygen.

A glucometer is a device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. It is a key element of home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) for people with diabetes mellitus (Type 1 and 2).

One of the trends in the home medical market is the need to monitor patients away from a hospital or doctor’s office and to make devices available that monitor vital signs while at home. The date from the patient is monitored and transferred to the health care provider.

A hearing aid is a small electronic device worn in or behind the ear that amplifies incoming sounds. A hearing aid can help people with hearing loss hear better in both quiet and noisy situations.

A portable ECG is a device which plots the electrical activity generated in the heart against time. It is the most used test to measure the functionality and pathologies of the heart, like arrhythmias. Some of them are not usually seen when visiting the doctor at his office, that is why the portable ECG used for holter tests are used.