Inflation apparatus for inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure monitor and method of operating same

According to an aspect, there is provided an inflation apparatus (10) for use with an inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement apparatus, the inflation apparatus comprises an outlet (110) configured to be coupled to a cuff of the inflation-based NIBP measurement apparatus; a pump (120) configured to output a flow of gas at an output flow rate; a valve (130) disposed along a flow path between the pump and the outlet to selectively pass part of the flow of gas outputted by the pump; and a control unit (140) configured to control the flow resistance of the valve to provide aflow of gas to the outlet at a required flow rate for inflating the cuff. 根据一方面，提供了一种与基于充气的非侵入式血压NIBP测量装置一起使用的充气装置(10)，所述充气装置包括：出口(110)，其被配置为耦合到基于充气的NIBP测量装置的袖带；泵(120)，其被配置为以输出流率输出气体流；阀(130)，其沿着在泵和出口之间的流动路径设置，用于选择性地传递由泵输出的气体流的部分；以及控制单元(140)，其被配置为控制阀的流动阻力，以所需的流率向出口提供气体流以对袖带充气。