Microlife-WatchBP Series Proudly Presents Total Concept at World Hypertension Congress

TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to the theme of WHC 2009 in Beijing: from bench to bedside and community, Microlife is promoting a total solution for hypertension management. This solution entails a series of innovative professional blood pressure measurement devices designed for risk factor screening, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up. Microlife successfully developed several physician-guided blood pressure measurement devices totally adapted to the needs of physicians, patients, and home healthcare screening. This concept of Microlife shall enable government, industrial and academic sectors to control hypertension and prevent strokes in the future. To initiate "working together for better health", Microlife is inviting all GP's and physicians at the WHC congress to share their knowledge and to discuss how authorities from healthcare, pharmaceutical industry, medical device companies, non-profit organizations, and governments should collaborate to prevent stroke and hypertension. Momentarily, Microlife successfully developed the world's first blood pressure measurement devices equipped with patented atrial fibrillation detectors. Several studies have shown that atrial fibrillation and hypertension are the most important risk factors of stroke development and heart disease. Regularly, atrial fibrillation should be diagnosed by the ECG devices and interpreted by clinically experienced specialists. With the Microlife blood pressure measurement devices, atrial fibrillation can be diagnosed with high accuracy (ref. 1,2), in a cost effective and time efficient manner. "The WatchBP is the only blood pressure measurement tool on the market, that has proven to meet professional medical demands and supported by scientific evidence" To fulfill the clinical needs of physicians, Microlife successfully developed the WatchBP series. These validated devices, adapted to clinical needs with implemented guidelines (ref.3) consist out of: WatchBP Home: home blood pressure ?measurement device, with 7-day diagnostic schedule WatchBP O3 (Out-Of-Office): 24- ?hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement device, with professional software to enable easy and accurate diagnosis. WatchBP Office: the first double-arm ? office blood pressure measurement device. The simultaneous double arm measurement accurately reveals any inter arm difference. The WatchBP series is not like any other blood pressure measurement device on the market today. The WatchBP is physician-guided, designed for screening, diagnosis, and treatment follow-up. "The WatchBP is the only blood pressure measurement tool on the market, that has proven to meet professional medical demands and supported by scientific evidence." The WatchBP already has earned its reputation in the professional field. It is largely purchased by well-known pharmaceutical companies such as BI, Bayer (G), Lacer (S), DS (J), and Servier, etc., who use the devices for improving clinical services. Momentarily, WatchBP has been launched in: the US, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, and Switzerland. In the coming days: more countries in different regions will launch WatchBP, such as Japan, Taiwan, China, Thailand, other Asia regions and South America. (The finished) Contact: WatchBP Franchise Director Eric Wang Tel: +886-2-8797-1288#358 Email: eric.wang@microlife.com.twKobe 11 Mentality