Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for obtaining blood pressure measurements employing a user releasable and adjustable blood pressure cuff. In one aspect of the invention, the blood pressure cuff apparatus consists of a first cuff member connected to a mounting surface and rotatable about a first axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface. The first cuff member is connected to a second cuff member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation that is substantially perpendicular to the first. A blood pressure cuff comprised of a loop adapted to receive the arm of a test subject is connected to the second cuff member. In another aspect of the invention, the elongated flexible band has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the second member of the cuff housing, and the second end is connected to a cuff retainer.

Abstract: To provide a cuff for a blood pressure monitor having a curled elastic member which is easily attached to an arm, does not make the subject feel pain when attached, and exhibits a characteristic of excellent fitting.

Abstract: An inflatable cuff for being wound and inflated around a body portion pressing a body portion of a living subject to press the body portion in measuring a blood pressure of the subject, the cuff comprising: an inflatable bag which is located in a portion of the cuff in a lengthwise direction thereof and a connector which is attached to a portion of the inflatable bag that is distant, by a predetermined distance, from a distal end of the cuff in a widthwise direction thereof, and which is adapted to connect the inflatable bag to a gas-supply pipe to supply a pressurized gas from the pipe to the inflatable bag.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a body 10 and a cuff 20 which is integrally attached to the body 10 and wrapped around the wrist. The body 10 is attached to the cuff 20 such that the body is located on the thumb side of the arm L when the sphygmomanometer is fitted on the wrist. Consequently, a precise blood pressure measurement and precise blood pressure fluctuation can be obtained without restriction on the location where the blood pressure measurement is conducted.

Abstract: A medical sanitation system for measuring blood pressure includes a cuff to be wrapped around the limb of a person. The cuff comprises a flexible strap with first and second ends which overlap for coupling. A first layer and a second layer of material define an internal compartment forming an inflatable bladder confined within the compartment. A first connector tube connects to a manually operated air supply pump and a second connector tube connects to a sphygmomanometer. A first fastening portion is secured at the first face of the strap and a second fastening portion is applied to the second face of the strap. A protective liner formed of a layer of absorbent material and a layer of liquid impermeable material prevents body fluids from contacting and contaminating the strap. The liner has a width greater than the width of the cuff. A fastener assembly secures the liner to the second face of the strap.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be worn on a living body portion provided with an air component for inflating and deflating said cuff, and a main body detachably mounted on the cuff provided with an electrical component, in which the main body is electrically connected with the cuff by wire or wireless.

Abstract: A cuff for a sphygmomanometer is constituted of an air bag for pressurization into which a predetermined amount of air is supplied and connected to a pressure sensor, an air bag for press into which a predetermined amount of fluid is supplied for causing the pressurization air bag to press the artery in the wrist portion, and a band for attaching both air bags to the wrist portion. When blood pressure is to be measured, a predetermined amount of air is supplied into the pressurization air bag and then air is supplied into the press air bag. The press air bag is accordingly expanded to cause the pressurization air bag to pressurize the artery. In this way, the sphygmomanometer cuff is provided which can overcome discomfort due to a feeling of being overly pressurized or dampness and ensure blocking of the blood flow in the artery so as to achieve measurement with higher precision.

Abstract: An advertising method, including the step of displaying, during a blood-pressure measuring operation of an automatic blood-pressure measuring apparatus including an inflatable cuff and a display device, an advertisement on the display device.

Abstract: An occlusive cuff is placed around a limb (e.g. an arm) of a patient. A fluid, such as air, is pumped into the cuff, and the pressure in the cuff is measured. The pressure variation in the cuff with respect to time is caused by the pump and expansion/contraction of the arm caused by blood being pumped therethrough by the patient's heart. This variation in pressure is used to calculate systolic and diastolic pressure, artery lumen area compliance and artery volume compliance, artery lumen area, and the blood flow rate through the patient's arteries (e.g. the brachial artery for the case of the patient's arm, or the femoral artery or the case of the patient's leg).

Abstract: Disclosed is a blood pressure cuff for a sphygmomanometer, adapted for attachment to the upper arm of a user to effect blood pressure measurement for the user. The blood pressure cuff comprises an air bag disposed in the blood pressure cuff which has both ends coupled with each other to define a closed loop; an attachment tab extending from a side of the blood pressure cuff; a Velcro brand hook and loop fastener strip secured to a surface of the attachment tab; and a complementary Velcro brand hook and loop fastener strip secured to an outer surface of the blood pressure cuff such that it can be engaged with the Velcro brand hook and loop fastener strip.

Abstract: A bladder incorporated in a cuff includes an outer wall located at the outer side, an inner wall located at the inner side, side walls connected to both side ends of the outer wall and the inner wall in the wrapping direction, and folded inward of the bladder, and a joint connecting the side walls inside the bladder. A sphygmomanometer cuff is provided that can maintain the former configuration even when inflated or deflated without change in the width even if the bladder is inflated, and that does not dilate in the width direction when inflated.

Abstract: An inflatable cuff for being wound and inflated around a body portion of a living subject to press the body portion in measuring a blood pressure of the subject, the cuff comprising: an inflatable bag; and an inner sheet member and an outer sheet member which are positioned inside and outside the inflatable bag, respectively, when the cuff is wound around the body portion of the subject; wherein at least a portion of the inner sheet member that is positioned inside the inflatable bag includes at least two layers which are separate from, and superposed on, each other.

Abstract: A blood pressure cuff which, when the cuff is being applied to the patient, automatically indicates when the proper amount of tension in the cuff has been reached. The blood pressure cuff includes a tension sensor disposed on an end which the user grips, constructed of elastomeric or elastic material, including accordion-like ridges. The ridges include a graphic which is partially or substantially hidden when less then the proper amount of tension is applied to the blood pressure cuff, and which is substantially viewable when the proper amount of tension is applied to the blood pressure cuff. The tension sensor may include an indicator area which is substantially hidden by a set of folds until a pre-set amount of tension is applied.

Abstract: A conical blood pressure cuff having an integrated inflatable bladder is provided. The cuff is formed of a flexible compliant laminate having at least first and second layers which are impermeable to air. The cuff is formed having first and second arcuate edges, the second edge having a smaller radius than the first edge. Radial edges extend between the first and second arcuate edges. An air-tight rectangular pocket forms the inflatable bladder between the first and second layers. A tube is provided communicating with the interior of the pocket formed between the laminated layers. Air may be pumped the through the tube to inflate the bladder. Similarly, the bladder may be deflated by removing air from the pocket through the tube.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electronic sphygmomanometer for determining a blood pressure depending on variation in pulse wave amplitude variation waveform and cuff pressure formed by variation in the amplitude of the pulse wave, comprising: detecting the pulse wave amplitude and cuff pressure when the pulse wave exceeds a first threshold to define a first threshold; detecting the pulse wave amplitude and cuff pressure when the pulse wave exceeds a second cuff pressure to define a second point; and then, calculating a pulse wave amplitude linear equation for connecting the first and the second points to obtain a systolic blood pressure value. According to the invention, the electronic sphygmomanometer is capable of precisely measuring a blood pressure even if dispersion occurs in pulse wave amplitude depending on how to mount the cuff or even if there is certain distortion in pulse wave depending on the physical conditions of a subject.

Abstract: A signal enhancing and artifact reducing blood pressure cuff for use during the non-invasive measurement of blood pressure. The non-invasive blood pressure cuff has an inflatable bladder and a semi-rigid insert disposed over an outer side of the inflatable bladder for enhancing a blood pressure signal by reducing blood pressure signal attenuation. The semi-rigid insert also acts to reduce the effects of external artifact on the inflatable bladder of the blood pressure cuff. The blood pressure cuff has the insert disposed over the outer side of the inflatable bladder to substantially cover the inflatable bladder when the cuff is wrapped around the limb of the subject. An optional damping device made of an impact absorbing material may be disposed over the outer side of the insert to further reduce the effects of external artifacts. A pocket may be formed over the outer side of the cuff to hold the insert.

Abstract: An improved ausculatory blood pressure cuff, of the type used in self-testing locations, operates with no moving parts other than the inflatable bladder. No springs or mechanical motors are used to close the bladder portion of the machine around the arm of the user. A generally cylindrically shaped housing is mounted on a base support. The housing has an opening where it is mounted onto the base support; and a hollow fabric sleeve, having a first portion releasably attached to the interior of the cylindrical housing and having a second portion spaced from the first portion located on the interior of the housing, is placed in the housing. An inflatable bladder is located in the space between the two portions of the hollow sleeve; and air is supplied under pressure to inflate the bladder to predetermined pressures. When this is done, the bladder and sleeve expand to constrict the space in the cylindrical housing to close the bladder and sleeve about the arm of a user.

Abstract: A method and assembly oscillometrically measures systolic, mean and diastolic blood pressures by inflating a form fitting cuff disposed over the Palmar Arch of the hand, and subsequently deflating the cuff stepwise, The arterial blood supply to the hand, which is very rich, lies relatively close to the surface of the palm. Cuff pressure oscillations can be sensed with an inflatable glove or mitten type cuff. A full or partial glove, mitten, or the like, with openings for reception of portions of the fingers and thumb can be used. Inflation of the cuff allows the assembly to be used to measure arterial blood pressure on either hand of a patient.

Abstract: In the pressure cuff of the present invention, an end portion of a cuff comprises a pair of separable first and second tail sections, each having a coupling mechanism, such as sections of hook and loop type fastening material formed thereon. A complementary coupling mechanism is formed on the bladder section. When the cuff is wrapped about an arm having a nonuniform circumference, then the tail sections can be coupled at different lengths to the bladder section of the cuff, so that the bladder section, when inflated, supplies relatively even pressure across a substantial length of the brachial artery.

Abstract: A sling for use with a noninvasive blood pressure monitor which is designed to minimize contact by external objects with an inflatable cuff which surrounds a patient's limb during blood pressure measurements. The sling comprises an arm rest having supporting straps for supporting the patient's limb at at least two locations so as to define an unsupported space therebetween adapted to accept the inflatable cuff such that the inflatable cuff does not touch the straps or external objects. Preferably, the sling comprises two braces having bottom surfaces to serve as a base for the sling, linking members having ends which are attached to the braces so that the linking members extend between the braces, and two supporting straps, attached to and extending between two linking members, for supporting the patient's arm.

Abstract: A semi-disposable blood pressure cuff system is disclosed utilizing a sheet of cuff or bladder covers. The two-fold function is: to provide a protective covering for an existing blood pressure cuff or pneumatic tourniquet cuff and functions as the disposable member of a semi-disposable blood pressure cuff system. The cuff cover has a width and length of adequate dimension to cover and protect the functional cuff and is also of adequate size that, when paired with the commercially available cuff inflation bag, can function by itself as a blood pressure cuff. This allows the user to construct a new blood pressure cuff for use on each patient. The method disclosed is designed to protect the public from a known carrier of disease, i.e. the reusable blood pressure or tourniquet cuff.

Abstract: A physiologic tourniquet includes a safety interlock system for detecting any potentially hazardous attempt to change tourniquet cuff pressure during a procedure involving the use of two cuffs for intravenous regional anesthesia. The attempt to change pressure is prevented until the operator provides a timely and separate confirmation action.

Abstract: An automatic tourniquet system (10) including variable pressure cuff apparatus (60) for applying a variable pressure to a limb or artery of a patient in order to occlude blood flow thereat and control apparatus (40) for determining the operative pressure of the variable pressure cuff (20) apparatus and including apparatus for estimating the minimum effective cuff pressure required for complete occlusion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cuff for a sphygmomanometer, which is able to judge the maximum blood pressure and minimum blood pressure at a high accuracy. The cuff 10 comprises a bendably deformable hard curved plate 10a, an outside cloth 10b which surrounds the outer periphery of said curved plate 10a, an inside cloth 10c sewed to the outside cloth 10b so that the same surrounds the inner periphery of said curved plate 10a, an air bag 10d secured inside the inside cloth 10c, and an engaging fastener 10e sewed to the outer periphery of the outside cloth 10b. The air bag 10d is composed of a transparent bag member 10g in which reinforcing fabric 10f is incorporated in a latticed state. Each optical range sensor 12 is composed of a photocoupler 12a fixed at the outside of the bag member 10g and a reflection plate 12b fixed at the inside of the bag member 10g so as to be opposite to the photocoupler 12a.

Abstract: A finger-type blood pressure monitor which is smaller for portability (when not in use). The monitor has a foldable finger cuff which can be stored in a compact case when it is not in use.

Abstract: A medical bladder cover (10) for releasably securing a medical bladder (22) to a patient and for providing a protective covering around the medical bladder. The bladder cover (10) includes a body (12) having an elongated portion (14) for being releasably received around an appendage of a patient. A bladder engaging portion is defined by the elongated portion (14) of the body (12) for releasably engage a medical bladder (22). The body (12) of the medical bladder cover also includes a flap portion (20) secured to the elongated portion (14) of the body (12) for being folded over the medical bladder (22) as the elongated portion (14) engages the medical bladder. At least one adhesive surface portion (24) is provided on the bladder engaging portion of the elongated portion (14) of the body (12) for releasably bonding the bladder engaging portion to the medical bladder. Also provided is a mechanism for releasably securing the elongated portion (14) of the body about an appendage of the patient.

Abstract: This invention considers the problem with inflation of the units by hands, and introduces a dual action inflation unit to be used for measurement of the blood pressure cuff and similar units such as D. Devices. The prototype of this unit consists of an electrical/pedal pumps combined with a manual inflation units. This will allow the electrical/pedal pumps to be used first for inflation of most of the inflatable part and then the manual unit will be used for a lesser degree of inflation as well as the adjustment of the inflation units. This combination is to prevent straining of the hands. It will also allow quick and easy action. This unit also allows a trigger system to be used for controlling the pressure in the system to prevent from the discomfort of the rotational action; it also has safety valves to prevent the pressure from exceeding a predicted level.