Omron Healthcare, an innovator in manufacturing products and medical devices for professional and home use, announced that it donated more than $30,000 worth of its home blood pressure monitors and pedometers to the American Society of Hypertension, Inc (ASH) to support its Hypertension Community Outreach Initiative conducted last week. Omron product donations included 200 home blood pressure monitors and 300 pedometers, which were provided to screening participants so that they could easily track their health and fitness goals in their efforts to prevent or fight hypertension. 

"Hypertension can lead to serious health problems like heart attacks and stroke. We were thrilled to be able to make a donation to the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. that is making a concerted effort to make people aware of these issues," said Jim Li, executive director medical affairs, Omron Healthcare, Inc. "Regularly checking your blood pressure is important, and this was a great way for Omron to show our commitment to making it easier for consumers to do that with clinically proven accurate products at home."

Complimentary blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol screenings were conducted at the New York Hilton & Towers for its employees. There were additional screenings open to the public in other areas of New York City as well.
 

Omron Healthcare markets clinically proven accurate products that provide health information to consumers and physicians and support positive lifestyle changes and health improvement. For more information about Omron products, visit www.omronhealthcare.com.

About Omron Healthcare, Inc.
Omron Healthcare, Inc., located in Bannockburn, IL, is the North and South American sales and marketing office of Omron Healthcare Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of blood pressure monitors for home use. With 100 million monitors sold worldwide to date, Omron Healthcare Group was the first to introduce manual and digital blood pressure monitors into the home healthcare market. Omron Healthcare offers innovative products and medical devices for use in sites ranging from hospitals to the home in the blood pressure monitoring, fitness diagnostics, thermometry, and respiratory categories. Omron Healthcare markets clinically proven products that provide accurate health information to consumers and physicians and support positive lifestyle changes and health improvement. For more information, visit www.omronhealthcare.com.

About the American Society of Hypertension, Inc.
The American Society of Hypertension (ASH) is the largest U.S. professional organization of scientific investigators and healthcare professionals committed to eliminating hypertension and its consequences. ASH is dedicated to promoting strategies to prevent hypertension and to improving the care of patients with hypertension and associated disorders. The Society serves as a scientific forum that bridges current hypertension research with effective clinical treatment strategies for patients. For more information, please visit www.ash-us.org.