SELF-DONNING SPHYGMOMANOMETER CUFF

• US 3,669,096 A
• Filed: 04/07/1970
• Issued: 06/13/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mathew Hurwitz
• Original Assignee: Mathew Hurwitz
• Inventors: Hurwitz, Mathew
• Primary Examiner(s): Howell, Kyle L.
• Application Number:
  US05/026,283
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 128/2.5C,2.5G,2.5S,327,DIG.20
• US Class Current: 600/499
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/135 inflatable for measuring blood pressure A61B5/022; inflatable pressure pads A61F5/34
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02233 Occluders specially adapted therefor tourniquets A61B17/132

Abstract

A self-donning sphygmomanometer cuff with adjustable, selfdonning features which simplify the attachment of the cuff to an arm or leg by the person utilizing said cuff. The cuff has an elasticized strip portion secured at one end to a non-stretchable portion of the cuff body which, in combination with cooperating connector means provides adjustable initial cuff tension around the appendage before it is secured to the appendage by conventional means.

Claims

1. A self-donning sphygmomanometer cuff for uniformly pretensioned application to limbs of different sizes and tapers, which comprises a. a fully open band of flexible sheet material having an inner face and an outer face, and said band being adapted to be applied in encompassing relation to a limb with the inner face thereof adjacent to said limb, said band being comprised of b. a pocketed intermediate portion formed of a pair of strips of non-stretchable flexible material with inflatable bladder means positioned between said strips, c. a panel of elastic fabric, stretchable at least in a longitudinal direction, extending from one edge of said intermediate portion and terminating in an end provided with fastener elements of readily detachable fastener assemblies on the outer face of said end, and d. a non-stretchable portion extending from the opposite edge of said intermediate portion;

e. a plurality of relatively closely-spaced fastener elements, complementary to each of said first-mentioned fastener elements of said readily detachable fastener assemblies, disposed on the inner face of said band at said intermediate portion, in rows parallel to the longitudinal edges thereof, adapted for selective engagement with the fastener elements on said end, to control independently the initial circumference of the cuff at the opposite edges of the band and the consequent shape and initial tension and snugness of the fit of the cuff around the limb, f. said last-mentioned complementary fastener elements being deployed in said rows so that the outermost and innermost of said complementary fastener elements provide means for controlling the dimensional limits of said cuff to preclude application of said cuff to limbs which are either larger or smaller than the size range for which said cuff is intended to be applied, and g. a secondary fastening device for fixing the final tension of said cuff on said limb comprising adjustable fastening engaging means on the outer face of said band at that end of said intermediate portion which is adjacent to said elastic panel cooperating with complementary engaging means on said lastmentioned non-stretchable portion of said band.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first-mentioned readily detachable fastener assemblies are constituted by the male and female elements of snap fasteners.