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Blood pressure cuff and hose fitting therefor

  • US 5,179,957 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1990
  • Issued: 01/19/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inflatable blood pressure cuff formed from a woven fabric sheet having one surface thereof coated with a fusable polymer to render the fabric impermeable to air, said coated surface forming the interior of the cuff, and said sheet being folded about a medial fold line to bring said coated surface into contact with itself, said cuff including an inflatable chamber bounded by said medial fold line and by edges of said coated surface which are fused together;

  • and a one piece molded air hose fitting formed from said fusable polymer, said fitting comprising a pair of adjacent tubular hose connections, and a basal flange completely surrounding both of said hose connections, said flange being fused to said said polymer coating in said inflatable chamber, with said hose connections projecting through adjacent openings in said sheet to access said chamber to external inflation/deflation and pulse sensing hoses.

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