How do I measure the blood pressure?

A : When measuring blood pressure for the first time, the setup, calibration and measurement steps are required basically.

For the watch to measure your blood pressure, you must first calibrate it with a cuff-based blood pressure monitor.

On demand measurement will be available after initial calibration has been finished successfully.

Recalibration is required every 28 days to ensure watch measurement accuracy.

For the correct measuring position,

• For at least 5 minutes before measurement, it’s required to stay to not move and not talk while sitting at the waist-backed chair in a stable state.

• It’s required to keep your legs flat on the floor without crossing them while taking measurements.

• While your watch measurement is in progress, it’s required to keep the wrist position with the watch constant.

• The position of wrist with watch shouldn’t be higher than heart.

• Do not move or speak during measurement with the watch on tight wrist.

<Devices Connection>

1. Connect the Galaxy Watch device to a mobile device using the Galaxy Wearable app installed on the mobile device.

Check if the software of your Galaxy Watch device is the latest version(Tizen 4.0.0.8 or higher).

  1) On your watch, enter the Bluetooth pairing mode for connection.

  2) On your mobile device, launch the Galaxy Wearable app. If necessary, update the Galaxy Wearable app to the latest version.

  3) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the connection.

2. Discover the ‘Samsung Health Monitor’ feature from pre-installed app on watch face and watch widget.

Phone app is also required to enable the feature. For this, it’s required to download the ‘Samsung Health Monitor’ application from Google Play Store or Galaxy Store. Your Galaxy mobile device should be based on Android N(7.0) OS and higher.

A : <Setup>

3. Set up Samsung Health Monitor App with a compatible watch and valid profile.

If you finish to create your profile, you must first calibrate it with a cuff-based blood pressure monitor.

For this, tap “Calibrate the watch”.

<Calibration>

A : 4. To ensure higher calibration accuracy on watch, calibrate with an upper-arm, cuff based blood pressure monitor approved from the regulatory agency such as MFDS and FDA.

You will need a valid blood pressure monitor and will follow instructions within the phone app to take 3 simultaneous measurements on your blood pressure cuff, and will need to wear your watch during this time, so it can be calibrated.

Read and learn the watch calibration required process and cautious before proceeding. 

A : 5. Follow the in-app step by step instructions to finish 3 simultaneous calibration measurements.

Make sure sensor is clean and the watch is snug on your non-dominant wrist and fit the blood pressure monitor cuff on the arm opposite your watch. Put your Galaxy phone within near reach of the table and then start your blood pressure monitor now.

Make sure your blood pressure monitor has started. Your watch will start measuring automatically in 10 seconds.

<1st calibration measurement>

While your watch measurement is in progress, sit still and relax, and do not move or talk.

If watch measurement is finished, enter the reading from your blood pressure monitor on phone. Your watch will use this reading for calibration. Once 1st measurement is completed, keep the watch and cuff on. 

A : <2nd calibration measurement>

Follow the in-app step by step instructions on the phone to continue the calibration process. Repeat the same flow like 1st measurement process. Make sure your watch is on your non-dominant wrist, and your cuff is on the opposite arm.

While your watch measurement is in progress, sit still and relax, and do not move or talk.

A : <3rd final calibration measurement>

Follow the in-app step by step instructions on the phone to finish 3 simultaneous measurements. Repeat the same flow like 1st and 2nd measurement process.  After 3 simultaneous calibration measurements have been finished successfully, you can take a blood pressure measurement on your watch. On demand feature will not be available on watch before finishing calibration.

A : <Measure>

6. You can take blood pressure measurement on a calibrated watch. The watch for measurement should be calibrated within recent 28 days to ensure watch measurement accuracy. If calibration is expired, the watch will not be available to measure blood pressure and you have to recalibrate first before measurement. While taking measurements, make sure sensor is clean and the watch is snug on your wrist. And sit still and relax, and do not move or talk while your watch measurement is in progress.

The position of wrist with watch shouldn’t be higher than heart. Once the measurement is finished, the blood pressure result appears on watch screen.

Note : The blood pressure value measured through the Samsung Health Monitor is for reference only, and in no case should the results be used for medical judgment without consulting a medical expert.

A : <Review>

Each measurement result will be transferred to phone app automatically if your watch and mobile device are connected through Bluetooth. Through Samsung Health Monitor, you can store and manage measurement result, and view measurements by daily, weekly and monthly. Also you can share the ‘pdf’ view of the measurements to others.