DISPOSABLE TOURNIQUET COVER

• US 3,654,931 A
• Filed: 02/11/1970
• Issued: 04/11/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bloom-1 Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Lewis F. Hazlewood
• Inventors: Hazlewood, Lewis F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pace, Channing L.
• Application Number:
  US05/010,511
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 128/327
• US Class Current: 606/202
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/135 inflatable for measuring blood pressure A61B5/022; inflatable pressure pads A61F5/34

Abstract

A disposable cover for an inflated tourniquet which has an elongated inflatable member and a tongue that wraps over and fastens to the outside of the inflatable member. The cover includes an elongated plastic envelope for receiving and covering the inflatable member and a plastic sheet extending from one end of the envelope for covering the tongue. The elongated envelope is provided with a plurality of spaced openings through which the tongue is fastened to the inflatable member.

Claims

1. In combination an inflatable tourniquet including an elongated inflatable member for wrapping around a body member, said inflatable member having a first surface adapted to lie adjacent to the body member and having an outer surface, a tongue extending from one end of the inflatable member to be wrapped over at least a portion of the inflatable member and having a first surface which lies adjacent to the outer surface of the inflatable member and having an outer surface, cooperating fastening devices on the outer surface of the inflatable member and first surface of the tongue, and an inlet means extending from the outer surface of the inflatable member adjacent the end thereof from which the tongue extends, a cover formed as an envelope receiving substantially all of the inflatable member, said envelope having first and outer walls respectively covering the first and outer surfaces of the inflatable member, said outer wall of said envelope being provided with at least one opening in the area of the fastening devices on the outer surface of said inflatable member, the coopeRating fastening devices on the tongue and the inflatable member being interengageable through said opening.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein said envelope has a portion extending from the outer wall thereof making said outer wall longer than said inner wall, said extending portion being of a length at least equal to the length of said tongue of said inflatable member.

3. The combination according to claim 2 wherein said extending portion of said envelope is of greater length than the tongue said extending portion being provided with an opening for permitting the inlet fitting to pass therethrough.

4. The combination according to claim 3, wherein said inlet fitting of said inflatable member includes a hose, said opening of said extending portion of said envelope being elongated and extending longitudinally of said extending portion and receiving said hose.

5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said longitudinally extending opening terminates short of the free end of said extending portion of said envelope.

6. The combination of claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of spaced openings in the outer wall of said envelope along a substantial portion of the length of the area of the fastening devices on the outer wall of said inflatable member.

7. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said cover member is made of plastic sheet material.

8. The combination according to claim 7, wherein said cover has first and second sheets of plastic material which respectively correspond to said first and outer walls of said envelope, said sheets of plastic material being heat sealed together along the edges thereof.