Character distinguishing sized blood pressure cuff system
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1. A series of blood pressure cuffs of predetermined known serial sizes;
- each cuff comprising, at least in part, an inflatable bladder having at least one port for inflation and deflation thereof, attachment means provided on the cuff to permit its attachment about the limb of a patient through circumferential wrapping of the limb of the patient, at least two indicators of size on the cuff, a first size indicator being a sequential indication and a second indicator being a size indication provided by predetermined caricatures representing subjects of different size present on the cuffs wherein the second indicator is a series of animal depictions and the animals depicted increase in size as the cuff size increases in size, each of the animals depicted belonging to a different species.
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Abstract
A series of blood pressure cuffs is provided having two indications of size thereon. The first indication of size is preferably a sequential system of numbers numbering the size of the cuffs from smallest to largest. The second system of size indication is a caricature depiction of animals of increasing size on each of the respective increasing cuff sizes. For example, five cuffs may be sized from smallest to largest having depicted thereon a goldfish, a rabbit, a duck, a dog and a dinosaur.
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1. A series of blood pressure cuffs of predetermined known serial sizes;
- each cuff comprising, at least in part, an inflatable bladder having at least one port for inflation and deflation thereof, attachment means provided on the cuff to permit its attachment about the limb of a patient through circumferential wrapping of the limb of the patient, at least two indicators of size on the cuff, a first size indicator being a sequential indication and a second indicator being a size indication provided by predetermined caricatures representing subjects of different size present on the cuffs wherein the second indicator is a series of animal depictions and the animals depicted increase in size as the cuff size increases in size, each of the animals depicted belonging to a different species.
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Current AssigneeGE Medical Systems Information Technologies Incorporated (General Electric Company)
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Original AssigneeCritikon, Inc.
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InventorsRamsey, Maynard, Abbs, Beata J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Thaler, Michael H.
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Application NumberUS08/188,971Time in Patent Office802 DaysField of Search606/202, 606/203, 128/686, 40/913, 40/633, 40/316, 40/630, 40/304, 40/299, 40/586, 434/428, 2/244, 2/246US Class Current600/490CPC Class CodesA61B 5/02233 Occluders specially adapted...A61B 5/061 Determining position of a p...A61B 5/6896 Toys
