Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a sensor that detects a change of an internal pressure of an air bladder during the inflation and/or deflation of the air bladder. The sensor further includes a first sensor and a second sensor, which each have a diaphragm connected to the air bladder. A face of each of the diaphragms of the first sensor and the second sensor is flexibly displaced in accordance with the change of the internal pressure of the air bladder. The face of the diaphragm of the second sensor is arranged in a different position and/or direction from the face of the diaphragm of the first sensor. A central processing unit of the device includes a failure judgment unit that determines whether there was any failure with the sensor based on difference between the internal pressures detected by the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet and a second sheet. The first sheet has a first interior-inflatable surface attached to a second interior-inflatable surface of the second sheet to form an interior-inflatable portion between the first sheet and second sheet. The interior-inflatable portion is in communication with an opening to fluidly interconnect the interior-inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. A textured surface is included on the second interior-inflatable surface.

Abstract: In a sphygmomanometer, an elbow detection mechanism that detects the placement of a measurement subject's elbow is provided in a portion of a cuff unit above a rotation axis. Because the elbow detection mechanism is provided in the portion of the cuff unit above the rotation axis on the biological member (upper arm) exit side, the distance L between the elbow detection mechanism and the biological member (upper arm) exit of the cuff unit can be kept constant even when the cuff unit rotates. This enables providing a sphygmomanometer that has a mechanism for changing the inclination angle of the cuff unit relative to a base and includes a mechanism for achieving a constant distance between the elbow detection mechanism and the entrance of the cuff unit regardless of the inclination angle of the cuff unit.

Abstract: A timer for tourniquet, adapted for application in a surgery, emergency or military situations to stop arterial blood loss in an injured limb, which is optionally activated by use of the tourniquet and/or optionally provided in association with a monitor for a plurality of tourniquets.

Abstract: The present invention enables making uniform contact with the tragus using inner and outer cuffs, each of said inner and outer cuffs being comprised of a cuff member 40 connected to a duct 4 and a cuff bladder 22 having a body 27 which is fixed onto said cuff member in an air-tight manner and can expand and contract, comprised in such manner in order to carry out accurate blood pressure measurement at any one given point in time without being affected by the pinch width of the tragus and depth to the tragus even with repeated mounting and removal from the ear auricle, and also comprised such that a lid 23 of said cuff bladder forms a pressing surface 25 in a shape of a protrusion.

Abstract: A blood pressure information measurement device includes light emitting elements and light receiving elements as a plurality of pairs of first and second sensors in a cuff. While the cuff pressure is increased, combinations of the plurality of pairs of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements are switched, and volume pulse waves are obtained from each of the combinations. After increasing the cuff pressure, for each of the volume pulse waves corresponding to the combinations, a specific volume value at a point where the amount of volume change becomes maximal is extracted. Thereafter, based on values corresponding to the maximum and minimum blood pressure and the specific volume value, the sensors for measurement are determined.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement system that non-invasively determines an individual's blood pressure can include a noninvasive blood pressure sensor having an optical sensor and a motion sensor. The optical sensor can provide a photoplethysmograph signal obtained from a patient to a processor. The motion sensor can provide a motion signal to the processor responsive to motion of the patient. In one embodiment, the processor calculates or estimates the blood pressure of the patient based on the photoplethysmograph signal and the motion signal. Advantageously, the system can obtain this blood pressure measurement without an occlusive cuff, thereby reducing patient discomfort. In other implementations, the processor calculates a blood pressure-related parameter from the photoplethysmograph and motion signal. The processor can occasionally trigger an occlusive cuff measurement as this parameter changes, thereby reducing the frequency of occlusive cuff measurements.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a cuff block having a cuff for restricting flow of blood and a base block, to which the cuff block is pivotably connected, having an elbow support for supporting an elbow of a user who inserts his/her arm into the cuff block. The sphygmomanometer further includes a compensating unit to compensate a change of distance from one end of the cuff block to the elbow support, which is caused by a pivotal movement of the cuff block with respect to the base block.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a base block and a cuff block having a cuff for restricting flow of blood, the cuff block being connected to the base block in such a manner that an angle of the cuff block with respect to a horizontal plane is variable within an angular range. The sphygmomanometer further includes a spring biasing unit for returning the cuff block to a position at a predetermined angle within the variable angular range of the cuff block when the cuff block is not used.

Abstract: A protective liner for use with a blood pressure measuring cuff includes three layers of material configured to protect a person's skin, wick moisture away from the person's skin, and provide a moisture permeable, microporous barrier to microbes. The protective liner is porous and sufficiently thin so that the protective liner will not substantially interfere with blood pressure monitoring through the protective liner. The three layers of material are configured to wick moisture therethrough away from the person's skin, while substantially preventing passage of microbes therethrough.

Abstract: A cuff for a sphygmomanometer includes an air bladder for compressing a living body, an exterior cover including the air bladder, and a fixing unit arranged in the exterior cover. A portion closer to an end of the exterior cover is inserted between a roller arranged in the fixing unit and a stopper, and is fixed by being pushed against the roller by the stopper. The roller is rotatable only in a direction of reducing the size of the annular portion of the exterior cover. Accordingly, the cuff for the sphygmomanometer has a simple configuration, is inexpensively manufactured, and easily carries out and stably reproduces attachment with respect to the upper arm.

Abstract: An integrated blood pressure monitor and pulse oximeter system includes a blood flow occlusion member configured to selectively occlude blood flow through an appendage of the animal (e.g., the neck or tail); a sensor coupled to the blood flow occlusion member detecting a degree of operation thereof; Light sources coupled to the tail closer to the distal end of the tail than the tail blood flow occlusion member, and selectively directing light of two different wavelengths into the appendage; a light receiver coupled to the appendage and selectively receiving a signal associated with light directed into the appendage from the light sources; and a controller configured to selectively determine blood pressure parameters from the data and pulse oximeter parameters from the data.

Abstract: A blood pressure meter includes a cuff unit and a clip unit. The cuff unit includes at least one first connecting portion and at least one second connecting portion. The clip unit is detachably connected with the cuff unit and comprises a first clipping portion for each first connecting portion and a second clipping portion for each second connecting portion, wherein the first and the second clipping portions are pivotally connected in such a manner that the first clipping portion is connected to the first connecting portion in a detachable manner and the second clipping portion is connected to the second connecting portion in a detachable manner, thereby the blood pressure meter is advantageous in that accurate positioning and operation for blood pressure monitoring is achieved.

Abstract: A computer pointing device commonly called a mouse that, in addition to functioning as a computer mouse of the prior art, combines a sphygmomanometer and a thermometer. A glucometer or other specialized measurement devices may be attached via a built-in USB or similar interface. Data (e.g., blood glucose readings) from such attached instruments may be processed along with blood pressure, temperature, pulse, etc. A general purpose computer or a dedicated computer-like appliance is connected to the mouse and receives, stores, and processes data relating to measurements made by the mouse or an attached device. Data may be transmitted from the computer to a central data facility where it may be made available to authorized medical personnel and/or institutions.

Abstract: A device and method for collecting sphygmus information; it includes a sensor component, said sensor component incorporates a electric machine fixed in the casing, a screw fixed with said electric machine, a lifting structure setting outside said screw, and a sensor probe fixed in the base of said lifting structure, said electric machine drives said screw to revolve when rotating, further makes said lifting structure ascended or descended relatively to said screw. The pulse signal collection can be automatically achieved, and limited protecting structure is employed in the collecting process.

Abstract: A winding unit for an air tube provided to a blood pressure monitor includes a reel body rotatably supported by a case body, and a helical spring that biases the reel body in the direction in which the air tube is wound. The air tube includes a wound portion wound by the reel body, a fixed portion immovably fixed to the case body, and a freely movable portion that freely moves as the reel body rotates. The reel body has a housing containing the freely movable portion. A second free-movement end is disposed at an eccentric position relative to a rotational center of the reel body. The winding unit is thus configured to prevent bending of the air tube in the winding unit and to be downsized.

Abstract: In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information.

Abstract: In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information.

Abstract: In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information.

Abstract: A coiling blood pressure cuff for winding and compressing a testing position of a human body includes a strip-shaped body, an inflatable bladder, and a flexible elastic plate. The inflatable bladder is installed to the strip-shaped body, and the flexible elastic plate is attached onto the strip-shaped body and along the lengthwise direction of strip-shaped body. If an external force is exerted onto the flexible elastic plate to curl and deform the flexible elastic plate, the flexible elastic plate will be curled and contracted elastically and automatically to drive the strip-shaped body to be wound and positioned at the testing position, so as to provide an easy operation and a quick positioning.

Abstract: A diaphragm pump for achieving reduced pressure ripple of an exhausted gas is provided. The diaphragm pump is a pump for transporting a gas in accordance with change in volume of a pump chamber, and the diaphragm pump includes an exhaust valve permitting flow of the gas that flows out of the pump chamber and prohibiting a flow thereof in a reverse direction, an air chamber in which the gas that has flowed out of the pump chamber through the exhaust valve flows, an exhaust port through which the gas is exhausted to the outside of the diaphragm pump, and a through hole portion for restricting a flow rate of the gas that flows from the air chamber to the exhaust port.

Abstract: A medical device adaptor includes a housing defining a mounting port and a circumscribing outer wall, a fluid passage extending substantially through the adaptor to the mounting port, and a pair of mounting shoulders spaced circumferentially along the outer wall. The pair of mounting shoulders extend transverse from the outer wall. The medical device adaptor also includes an insert disposed within the mounting port. The insert defines a thru hole at least partially aligned with the fluid passage.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a rotation center axis at a position where a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at a “second angle (?2)=35 degrees”, which is an angle greater than a first angle, is greater than a distance from an upper arm inserting surface of a living body inserting housing to an elbow rest position center at the “first angle (?1)=20 degrees”. With such a configuration, the blood pressure value can be measured with high accuracy, and the blood pressure measurement device enables the subject to perform the measurement comfortably in a natural position during the measurement.

Abstract: A non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system is disclosed herein. The non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system includes a pressure cuff comprising a resistive portion and a conductive portion aligned with the resistive portion. The non-invasive blood pressure monitoring system also includes a controller operatively connected to the pressure cuff. The controller is adapted to estimate the circumference of the pressure cuff based on the position of the conductive portion relative to the resistive portion.

Abstract: An auto-release tourniquet apparatus has a strap, a housing having a first slot therein suitable for receiving a first end of the strap and a second slot suitable for receiving another portion of the strap therein, and a strap releasing mechanism positioned in the housing. The strap releasing mechanism serves to release at least one of the first and second ends of the strap from the housing after a predetermined period of time. A solenoid is positioned in the housing and acts upon the first end of the strap so as to allow for the ejection of the first end of the strap from the first slot after the predetermined period of time. A strap tensioning mechanism is associated with the second slot of the housing for allowing the strap to be suitably tensioned.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring device disclosed in the present invention comprises a base, a reel-type cuff and at least one stopper. The reel-type cuff is elastically and recoverably reeled in the base with one end, and is freely extended out from the base with the other end. The stopper, after being operated, can limit at least one determined length that the reel-type cuff is extended out from the base.

Abstract: Provided are a living body pressing device which can perform effective pressing at both ends in the short-side direction of the device and is reduced in size, a method of manufacturing the living body pressing device, and a blood pressure measuring device. An air bag (2) of a living body pressing device (1) compresses: an air bag body (21) having a single sheet (22) in which both ends thereof parallel to the long-side direction are folded, a fused section (23) where the folded both ends are fused together and which is located at the upper surface of the sheet, and fused sections (24) in the long-side direction where the both ends in the long-side direction are fused respectively; and a reinforcing sheet (3) having a shape corresponding to the upper surface of the air bag body (21) and mounted to the upper surface of the air bag body (21) so as to cover the upper surface.

Abstract: A tube (100) is provided for a sphygmomanometer cuff (200) for measuring blood pressure on an extremity of a patient. The tube (100) has, in at least one segment thereof, a cross section that has at least two cross-sectional segments (1, 3) having different extents of curvature in both a first state of non-use and a second state of measurement. Further a sphygmomanometer cuff (200) is provided with the tube (100). A process is provided for manufacturing a sphygmomanometer cuff (200) and for using a tube (100). A process is also provided for measuring blood pressure.

Abstract: A cuff includes a cuff main body portion and a gripping portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cuff main body portion. The cuff main body portion includes an air bladder, a tightening belt wrapped around an outer side of the air bladder, and a wrapping length adjustment mechanism for variably adjusting a wrapping length of the tightening belt. The wrapping length adjustment mechanism has a bias spring for pulling and biasing the tightening belt in a direction in which the wrapping length of the tightening belt is shortened, a first restriction portion for restricting extension of the wrapping length, and a second restriction portion for restricting shortening of the wrapping length. The gripping portion includes a push button for switching actions of the two restriction portions. In this configuration, the cuff may be easily attached to a measurement site regardless of the circumferential length of the site.

Abstract: A cuff for a blood pressure information measuring device configured to be mounted on a measurement site for measuring blood pressure information has a fluid bag for compressing the measurement site, a flexible curved elastic plate located outside the fluid bag while the fluid bag is wrapped around the measurement site, and annular or arc-shaped to extend along the measurement site, an inflation and deflation mechanism secured to the curved elastic plate and inflating and deflating the fluid bag, and a bag-shaped cover body encapsulating the fluid bag, the inflation and deflation mechanism, and the curved elastic plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for facilitating blood pressure measurement. An additional fluid reservoir is arranged to be connected in fluid communication with the blood pressure cuff. The fluid reservoir provides an additional, compliant volume to the fluid volume of the cuff, facilitating blood pressure measurement, particularly for small volume cuffs.

Abstract: A biological information management system according to the present invention includes a measurement device for measuring biological information of a user and a management device for managing the biological information, wherein the measurement device includes measurement state information generation means for generating measurement state information representing a state in which the biological information is measured when the biological information is measured; and output means for outputting the biological information and the measurement state information generated when the biological information is measured, and wherein the management device includes reception means for receiving the measurement state information and the biological information which are outputted by the output means; and evaluation means for evaluating a reliability of the biological information received by the reception means based on the measurement state information received by the reception means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cuff for a hemadynamometer, which is used for measuring blood pressure of a testee. The cuff includes a fluid bag for applying pressure to a body of the testee, at least one flexible member disposed at an outer portion of the fluid bag and a cover member accommodating the fluid bag and the flexible member therein. The flexible member is maintained in a stretched state and is deformed into an annular state when a force is applied to the flexible member in a winding direction of the cuff such that the cuff is wound around the testee. The cuff can be wound around the testee, so that blood pressure is measured. A testee is able to wind the cuff around his or her own arm without the need for assistance.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for protecting a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury, comprising: a tourniquet cuff having a length sufficient for encircling a limb protection sleeve applied to a limb at a location having a limb circumference of not less than a predetermined minimum limb circumference and not more than a predetermined maximum limb circumference; limb protection sleeve adapted for applying to the limb at the location, wherein the sleeve has a tubular shape and a tubular circumference predetermined to be less than the predetermined minimum and wherein the sleeve is formed to allow elastic stretching of the tubular shape sufficient to increase the tubular circumference to be substantially equivalent to the limb circumference at the location when the sleeve is applied to the limb, thereby applying a pressure to the limb that is greater than a predetermined minimum pressure and less than a predetermined maximum pressure; and identification means perceptible to a user for providing an indication to

Abstract: An inflatable cuff comprising an ak inflatable bladder and a strap member which forms a sleeve configured to extend around an arm of a person is disclosed. The sleeve shaped strap member has a waist portion which carries the bladder and a pair of longitudinally extending edges. The longitudinally extending edges of the waist portion are attached to complimentary interlocking halves of a zip fastener to enable the longitudinally extending edges to be zipped together to reduce the circumference of the waist portion of the sleeve and secure the cuff in position around a person's arm whose blood pressure is to be measured.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the range from about 400 to about 2200 nanometers. A radiation source and a detector are attached to the fabric in relative positions such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric as the fabric stretches in response to motion in the body of a wearer due to changes in the flow of blood through an artery disposed beneath the fabric occurring in consonance with variations in the air pressure within the inflatable cuff.

Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is equipped with an electronic component providing encoding of cuff properties. The connectors and hose connecting the cuff to a blood pressure measurement instrument are provided with conductors and electrical coupling, allowing the measuring instrument to access the electronic component encoding cuff properties. The arrangement of the cuff, hose, and connectors makes simultaneous pneumatic and electrical connection when the cuff is attached to the hose.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes a derivation control unit that performs derivation control to derive a blood pressure of a measured person. The derivation control unit includes an envelope extracting unit to extract an envelope of a volume pulse wave based on an arterial volume signal, a differential processing unit to differentiate the envelope with respect to a cuff pressure, a maximum value extracting unit to extract a maximum value of a differential value of the envelope, and a blood pressure decision unit that decides the cuff pressure used for the differential of the maximum value as a blood pressure.

Abstract: A blood vessel pressing cuff includes a strap surrounding a body part, a first actuator disposed on the strap and including a first shape memory alloy which changes to a first shape memorized in advance, at a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature, and a second actuator disposed on the strap and including a second shape memory alloy which changes to a second shape memorized in advance, at a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. If the first shape memory alloy changes to the first shape, pressure applied to the body part surrounded by the strap is increased. Even when the first shape memory alloy changes to the first shape, if the second shape memory alloy changes to the second shape, the pressure applied to the body part surrounded by the strap is reduced.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer separately includes a cuff accommodating an air bladder and a main body provided with an expanding/contracting mechanism arranged to expand and contract the air bladder, and the cuff includes a tubular cuff main body portion into which an upper arm is insertable and a gripping portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cuff main body portion. The cuff main body portion has a tightening belt wrapped around the outer side of the air bladder and a tightening length adjustment mechanism arranged to variably adjust a tightening length of the tightening belt over the upper arm. The tightening length adjustment mechanism includes a winding roller arranged to wind and feed the tightening belt, a geared motor arranged to drive and rotate the winding roller, and an electromagnetic brake arranged to apply a braking force to the winding roller.

Abstract: Single- or dual-bladder devices for remote ischemic preconditioning and blood pressure monitoring are disclosed along with various oscillometry-based and other methods for detecting systolic and diastolic blood pressure while the ischemic preconditioning treatment is in progress. The devices and methods of the invention provide for delivery of ischemic preconditioning at the lowest effective cuff pressure while closely monitoring patient's hemodynamics. Advantageously, the device of the invention allows both ischemic preconditioning and blood pressure monitoring to be done on the same limb. Disposable battery-powered version of the device of the present invention is especially useful for emergency use with patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction, acute stroke, or acute trauma. Additional device configurations are described for use in a percutaneous intervention and vascular sealing settings.

Abstract: A blood pressure cuff is provided with a cuff body 2 and an air supply/exhaust tube 3. The air supply/exhaust tube 3 includes a coupling axle 33 having a communicating hole 35 at one end thereof. The cuff body 2 is provided with a tube coupling part 25 protruded in a radial direction of the cylindrical cuff body from an outer peripheral surface thereof, and the tube coupling part has a coupling axle supporting part 25c that supports the coupling axle rotatably. The coupling axle supporting part 25c aligns a center axis “O” of the coupling axle 33 with a direction approximately perpendicular to a center axis of the tube coupling part, which coincides with the radial direction of the cylindrical cuff body, and approximately perpendicular to an axial direction of the cuff body. The coupling axle 33 can be rotated about the center axis “O”.

Abstract: A cuff including a base composed of a non-elastic member. The cuff further including an elastic member provided on one surface of the base. The cuff also including an air supplying pipe, where a pressing surface of the elastic member swells only on the one surface by supplying air from the air supplying pipe.

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a cuff member (2) which can be attached to and detached from a blood pressure measurement portion, and a cuff main body (1) including a compression air bladder (8) for pressing the blood pressure measurement portion, a sub air bladder (7), and a pulse wave detection air bladder (5). After pressurization is performed by compression air bladder pressurizing/depressurizing means (22, 23) and sub air bladder pressurizing/depressurizing means (27, 26), depressurization is controlled at the same depressurization rate, thereby reducing the cuff-edge effect and obtaining a pulse wave signal.

Abstract: A blood-pressure meter includes a frame part including a first arm and a second arm that are opposed to each other. The blood-pressure meter further including a pressure applying part provided on at least one of a side of the first arm opposed to the second arm and a side of the second arm opposed to the first arm. The blood-pressure meter also including a detection part for detecting a pulse wave.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a measurement fluid bag, a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag, a blood pressure measurement unit for calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor, an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value, a storage unit for storing a measurement result, a recording processing unit for storing the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in the storage unit in association with each other and a notification unit for notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value and the environmental information.

Abstract: A body compressor 1 is provided with a fluid bag 2, a band-like body 3 and a metal clip 4, wherein a fixed part 42 of the metal clip 4 is attached such that it is positioned above the outer surface of a skin pinching prevention tag part 5, and the skin pinching prevention tag part 5 has a reinforcing member 6 which allows the bending rigidity of a center-side part 51 and an intermediate part 52 to be higher than that of a front-side part 53.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method of manufacturing a core of a cuff for blood pressure meter and a cuff for blood pressure meter in order to improve operability during the insertion and removal of an arm and fittability during the tightening of the arm as well as to enable the reduction of manufacturing costs. A cuff for blood pressure meter (1) has an air bag (12), and a core (2) disposed outside the air bag (12). The core (2) includes a flexible sheet-like first core (21) and a second core (22) which is formed into a curved shape and which is attached to and stacked on the first core (21) and which curves the first core (21).

Abstract: It is an object to provide a cuff for blood pressure meter wherein a tightening mechanism and a holding mechanism have structures with good mechanical strength to enable the improvement of durability and a size reduction, fittability to an arm is improved to achieve higher accuracy of a blood pressure measurement, and operability can be improved. A cuff for blood pressure meter (1) comprises a tightening mechanism (2) for tightening a flexible cuff (11), and a holding mechanism (3) for holding the tightening position of the tightened flexible cuff (11). The tightening mechanism (2) includes a rack (42) formed in a tightening belt (4), and a pinion gear (22). When the pinion gear (22) is rotated, the rack (42) is moved in a tightening direction. The holding mechanism (3) includes holding holes (43) formed at a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction of the tightening belt (4), and holding pins (31) which engage into the holding holes (43).

Abstract: A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes an inflatable sleeve adapted to be wrapped about a limb of a patient. The sleeve includes an interior and at least one socket provided on an exterior surface of the sleeve, the socket being fluidly connected to the interior of the sleeve. A gage is directly attached to the sleeve socket through attachment of a mating engagement portion. A pneumatic bulb is also attached fluidly to the sleeve through a receiving port which is provided on at least one of the socket and the gage.