A device for continuously monitoring a user's arterial blood pressure has a sensor
adapted to continuously detect the blood pressure and to generate signals representative
thereof by contact with an external surface of the user's body at a location adjacent
an artery. The sensor is securely held in operable contact with the user's body
at the location. A microprocessor interprets the signals generated by the sensor
to determine the actual arterial blood pressure. The sensor includes a projecting
portion for detecting and transmitting changes in blood pressure, wherein the projecting
portion is adapted to effect at least partial occlusion of the artery at the location.
