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OptiBP App Review: How It Works & Features

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Last updated on March 4th, 2023 at 07:58 am

Are you looking for ways to improve your health and fitness without spending too much time or effort? OptiBP is a new mobile application that helps you achieve these goals. This article gives you a detailed look at its features and functionality.
The OptiBP app is designed to provide users with personalized nutrition plans and workouts. Users can choose from three different plans (Basic, Moderate, and Advanced) depending on their current level of fitness. Each plan has a specific goal, such as increasing strength, endurance, or improving overall wellness.

This app provides users with customized meal plans and workout routines. They also offer nutritional information and recipes that can help you meet your daily calorie requirements.

Blood Pressure Monitor

It’s the start of CES 2021, one of the busiest weeks in the tech calendar, and I’m feeling pretty stressed. I take my blood pressure and no surprise, it’s higher than normal. But instead of using a traditional cuff, I’ve just measured it with an app on my phone.

Swiss startup Biospectal wants to replace the blood pressure cuff with its OptiBP app. It’s designed for people who CEO Eliott Jones calls “on-the-go hypertensives” or those with high blood pressure who have already been diagnosed by a doctor. Hypertension affects an estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide according to the World Health Organization.

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There’s no shortage of watches that can keep an eye on your blood-oxygen levels and even take an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) from your wrist, like the Apple Watch Series 6.

Omron – Samsung (Optibp competition) 

Blood pressure is something that only a few watches, like Omron’s FDA-cleared HeartGuide, can measure, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 also has this feature, but it’s not yet FDA-cleared or active in the US. Omron has also announced its VitalSight platform at CES 2021 which can automatically send measurements from a cuff to your doctor.

But these devices are extra pieces of equipment you might not already own. Being able to take a quick reading on the go from the phone that’s already in your pocket could be a lot more convenient.

Before you take your first blood pressure reading you need to calibrate the app with a traditional blood pressure cuff. Jones says that this is the first and last time you’ll need to calibrate, unlike using a traditional cuff that requires more frequent calibration.

Biospectal sent me a phone preloaded with the OptiBP beta and an Omron blood pressure cuff to test out the app. As it turns out, I must have pretty poor circulation in my fingers, as it took a little while for the phone to get a read on my pulse and to take a successful reading. Jones told me that warming my hands and rubbing them together would help.

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Once I got warmed up, I took a reading on the app and read on the blood pressure cuff the results lined up within five points of each other. We have not yet verified the accuracy of the app with a doctor yet.

For more on how OptiBP functions as well as a discussion about clinical validations and how the technology works, watch the video on this page. OptiBP is available on Android in the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. You can sign up for the public beta here.

The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition or health objectives.

 

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