Blood pressure cuffs with resilient support sleeves
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1. An inflatable blood pressure cuff assembly comprising:
- an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with an inflatable fluid chamber therein; and
a resilient sleeve attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one substantially longitudinally extending rib support member, wherein the sleeve has a body sized and configured to elastically expand to snugly and substantially conformably fit on a limb of a patient prior to inflation of the cuff member whereby the at least one rib is configured to inhibit the sleeve from rolling up and/or down the limb of the patient, wherein, in position, the cuff defines a first closed member and the sleeve defines a second closed member that resides inside the first closed member, attached to the cuff, and wherein the sleeve is adapted to elastically expand about the body portion of the user in a form fitting manner before inflation of the cuff member and elastically compress against the body portion when the cuff member is inflated.
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Abstract
Inflatable blood pressure cuff assemblies include an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with a fluid chamber therein and a resilient support sleeve with at least one rib support member, the sleeve attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member. The sleeve may be configured with a sensor chamber and a cable routing channel. Related systems and methods of fabricating cuff assemblies and resilient support sleeves are also described.
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1. An inflatable blood pressure cuff assembly comprising:
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an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with an inflatable fluid chamber therein; and a resilient sleeve attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one substantially longitudinally extending rib support member, wherein the sleeve has a body sized and configured to elastically expand to snugly and substantially conformably fit on a limb of a patient prior to inflation of the cuff member whereby the at least one rib is configured to inhibit the sleeve from rolling up and/or down the limb of the patient, wherein, in position, the cuff defines a first closed member and the sleeve defines a second closed member that resides inside the first closed member, attached to the cuff, and wherein the sleeve is adapted to elastically expand about the body portion of the user in a form fitting manner before inflation of the cuff member and elastically compress against the body portion when the cuff member is inflated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An inflatable blood pressure cuff assembly comprising:
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an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with an inflatable fluid chamber therein; and a resilient sleeve attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one rib support member, wherein the sleeve comprises upper and lower edge portions, and wherein a sensor chamber is located proximate the lower edge portion, wherein the sleeve sensor chamber has a lower edge portion that is seamless, and wherein the sleeve sensor chamber has a lower edge portion that is open.
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32. An inflatable blood pressure cuff assembly comprising:
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an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with a fluid chamber therein, in operation, the short edge portions being configured to wrap about a body portion of a user and connect to each other; and a resilient sleeve configured to reside under the wrapped cuff member attached to a single one of the short edge portions and extending outwardly from a primary surface of the cuff, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one substantially axially extending rib support member, and wherein at least a major portion of the sleeve is configured to elastically expand to snugly and substantially conformably fit on a limb of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An inflatable blood pressure cuff assembly comprising:
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an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with an inflatable fluid chamber therein; and a resilient sleeve attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one rib support member, wherein the sleeve comprises upper and lower edge portions, and wherein a sensor chamber is located proximate the lower edge portion, wherein the sleeve further comprises a curvilinear cable channel in communication with the sensor chamber, wherein the sleeve cable channel includes an intermediate segment that is arcuate, a lower first segment that is substantially longitudinal, and an upper segment above the arcuate segment that includes lateral directional components. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. An automated blood pressure monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of inflatable blood pressure cuff assemblies, each sized and configured to accommodate a different patient size range, each cuff assembly comprising an elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with an inflatable fluid chamber therein and a resilient sleeve having a predetermined patient size range that is attachable and/or attached to a respective one of the opposing short edge portions of the inflatable elongate cuff member, wherein the sleeve comprises at least one substantially axially extending rib support member, and wherein the sleeve has a body sized and configured to elastically expand to snugly and substantially conformably fit on a limb of a patient prior to closing the cuff member about the limb of the patient whereby the at least one rib is configured to inhibit the sleeve from rolling up and/or down the limb of the patient, wherein, in position, the cuff defines a first closed member and the sleeve defines a second closed member that resides inside the first closed member, attached to the cuff, and wherein the sleeve is adapted to elastically expand about the body portion of the user in a form fitting manner before inflation of the cuff member and elastically compress against the body portion when the cuff member is inflated; an inflation unit in fluid communication with a selected one of the blood pressure cuffs and configured to generate a pressure sufficient to restrict blood flow in a selected artery of a patient proximate the sleeve and the blood pressure cuff; means for releasing the inflation pressure in the blood pressure cuff; and means for detecting a signal corresponding to blood pressure measurements of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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