Blood pressure monitor

• US 5,687,732 A
• Filed: 10/06/1995
• Issued: 11/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, Inagaki, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kearney, Rasiland
• Application Number:
  US08/539,911
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 128/672, 128/688, 128/689, 128/690, 128/677, D10/132, D14/100, D14/106
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0406 specially shaped apparatus housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02141 Details of apparatus construction, e.g. pump units or housings therefor, cuff pressurising systems, arrangements of fluid conduits or circuits A61B5/02233, A61B5/0235 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02233 Occluders specially adapted therefor tourniquets A61B17/132
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/0016 with folding cover or folding bottom (hinge without spring)
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/1413 Separable means

Abstract

A blood pressure monitor includes a main body provided with a power switch and an inflating switch, a cover mounted on the main body in an open-and-close fashion and on an inner wall thereof provided with a display, and a cuff secured to the main body as a single unit. When the cover is closed during not using the monitor, the power and inflating switches are covered with the cover. When the cover is opened for use, the display appears. Thus, the blood pressure monitor provides avoidance of unexpected actuation of the power and inflating switches, improvement of operation of the switches and a view angle of the display, improved assembling work of the monitor, and simplification of repair and replacement in the monitor.

Claims

1. A blood pressure monitor comprising:

a main body;

an operation switch disposed on an upper wall of the main body;

a cuff attached to a lower wall of the main body;

a cover mounted on the main body in an open-and-close fashion;

a display disposed on a wall of the cover confronting the operation switch for displaying measured data, the operation switch being covered by the cover when the cover is closed; and

in which one end of the cover is so mounted on a shaft disposed on one end of the main body, that the cover is pivotable, wherein the shaft is inclined with respect to an opposite end of said main body to one end thereof and an opposite end of said cover to said one end thereof so that said main body and said cover make a predetermined angle of inclination.

3. The blood pressure monitor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said predetermined angle of inclination is between 20 degrees and 30 degrees.

2. A blood pressure monitor comprising:

a main body;

an operation switch disposed on an upper wall of the main body;

a cuff attached to a lower wall of the main body;

a cover mounted on the main body in an open-and-close fashion;

a display disposed on a wall of the cover confronting the operation switch for displaying measured data, the operation switch being covered by the cover when the cover is closed; and

in which one end of the cover is so mounted on a shaft disposed on one end of the main body, that the cover is pivotable, wherein the shaft has a conical configuration to provide a predetermined angle of inclination by said main body and said cover.

4. A blood pressure monitor comprising

a main housing,

a cuff attached to a lower wall of said main housing,

a battery storage chamber disposed within said main housing,

attaching means within said battery storage chamber for attaching said cuff to said main housing.

5. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 4, in which said attaching means is an opening to be engaged by a hook disposed on said cuff.

6. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 4, in which said attaching means includes an opening to be pierced by a projection disposed on said cuff and a screw for securing said projection piercing through said opening to a wall of said battery storage chamber.