Omron is a firm that has pledged that it will not just ensure that people live a happy and healthy lifestyle, but also a lifestyle that is clean and green. They say that they have committed themselves to the cause of a greener tomorrow and are trying to constantly find new green ways to incorporate in existing medical practices. One has no reason to doubt their commitment too if you took a look at their latest Solar Powered Digital Blood Pressure Monitor. The HEM-SOLAR monitors are a culmination of research in both the medical and environmental front.
HEM-SOLAR monitors will allow health practitioners and individuals to take blood pressure readings wherever sunlight is available. Omron Healthcare has developed two blood pressure monitors for the series, a manual upper-arm and automatic upper-arm model. Both are charged by exposure to sunlight through the solar panel at the back of the product. After just four hours of direct exposure to sunlight, the manual model can take more than 100 readings while the automatic model can take 28 readings. When fully charged (requires approximately 15 hours with the manual model and 24 hours with the automatic model), the manual model can take measurements more than 280 times and the automatic model more than 100 times. Wherever sunlight is available, the monitors facilitate easy readings, regardless of proximity to an electrical supply source.
These special monitors are made out of material that is resistant to UV radiations and is both durable and non-toxic. Omron Healthcare aims to release the products in spring 2009 and will continue R&D efforts to improve device quality with respect to temperature and humidity, and will make the devices more airtight so that they can be recharged under a wider variety of conditions. These Monitors reduce the production of CO2 and also eliminate the usage of what would be normally work done by around 80 batteries! They are a lot more than what they look. By a small innovation Omron has managed to eliminate plenty of toxic waste and carbon emissions from the planet.
