Microlife Corporation (simplified Chinese: 百略医学科技股份有限公司; traditional Chinese: 百略醫學科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Bǎi lüè yīxué kējì gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī) is a medical diagnostics company that specializes in the development and manufacture of blood pressure monitors,[1] digital thermometers,[2] Peak Flow Meters,[3][4] heat therapy aids, blood glucose management devices and weight management devices.
Microlife is currently the world's largest manufacturer of digital medical thermometers[4] and a major provider of electronic blood pressure monitoring devices.
[8] In 2009, the company became the first medical diagnostics manufacturer to produce a blood pressure monitor that detected both hypertension and atrial fibrillation (both of which are warning signs for stroke).
[9] The company teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a cost-effective blood pressure monitoring device (Microlife CRADLE VSA) designed for use in low- and middle-income countries.
[citation needed] Microlife's blood pressure monitors and the technologies they house have been the subject of numerous studies[13][14][15] and have been validated for both clinical[16] and home use.