Blood pressure monitor

• US 6,344,025 B1
• Filed: 01/31/2000
• Issued: 02/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Kitamura, Mitsuru, Mori, Kentaro, Inagaki, Takashi, Oku, Shojiro
• Primary Examiner(s): NASSER, ROBERT L
• Application Number:
  US09/494,181
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 600/485, 600/490, 600/493-6, 600/500, 600/499
• US Class Current: 600/490
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0406 specially shaped apparatus housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0456 Apparatus provided with a docking unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• 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: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips

Abstract

A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be worn on a living body portion provided with an air component for inflating and deflating said cuff, and a main body detachably mounted on the cuff provided with an electrical component, in which the main body is electrically connected with the cuff by wire or wireless.

Claims

1. A blood pressure monitor comprising:

a cuff to be worn on a living body portion provided with an air component within said cuff for inflating and deflating said cuff, and

a main body detachably mounted on said cuff and provided with an electrical component, said main body being capable of functioning as part of the blood pressure monitor when mounted on a separated away from the cuff;

said main body being electrically connected with said cuff by wires or by a wireless connection.

2. A blood pressure monitor comprising:

a cuff to be worn on a living body portion;

a main body detachably mounted on said cuff provided with an air component for inflating and deflating said cuff and being capable of functioning as a part of the blood pressure monitor mounted on and separated away from the cuff;

a connecting air tube; and

air connection openings disposed on said cuff and main body;

wherein the air connection openings are directly connected without said connecting air tube when the main body is mounted on the cuff for blood pressure monitoring, and the air connection openings are indirectly connected by the connecting air tube when the cuff is placed away from the cuff for blood pressure monitoring.

3. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 2, wherein the air connection opening of said cuff is disposed on a main body mounting portion of said cuff, and the air opening of said main body is disposed on a rear wall of said main body corresponding to said air connection opening of said cuff.

4. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 3, further comprising a projection disposed on the main body mounting portion of said cuff and a projection receiving portion disposed on the rear wall of said main body.

5. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 3, wherein an engagement portion is disposed on one of said main body mounting portion of the cuff and said rear wall of the main body and an engagement receiving portion is disposed on other one thereof to be detachably engaged with said engagement portion while a projection is disposed on one of said main body mounting portion of the cuff and said rear wall of the main body and a projection receiving portion is disposed on other one thereof to be detachably engaged with said projection, in which said projection is engaged with said projection receiving portion for mounting said main body to said cuff after said engagement portion is engaged with said engagement receiving portion so that said main body may be secured to said cuff.

6. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 3, wherein a projection is disposed on one of said main body mounting portion of the cuff and said rear wall of the main body and a projection receiving opening is disposed on other one thereof to be detachably engaged with said projection, in which said projection is inserted into said projection receiving opening and said main body is rotated for mounting said main body to said cuff so that said main body may be secured to said cuff.

7. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 3, wherein said main body mounting portion of said cuff is provided with a base for detachably supporting said main body such that said air connection openings are connected when said main body is mounted on said base.

8. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 2, wherein the air connection opening of said main body is located at about a center of said main body in a longitudinal direction of said cuff when said main body is mounted on said cuff.

9. A blood pressure monitor according to claim 2, wherein the air connection opening of said cuff is located at about a center of said cuff in a width direction of said cuff.