US 12,588,825 B2 · Inflatable cuffs with controllable extensibility

Abstract

A blood pressure cuff includes a support band that is selectively reconfigured between a flexible standby configuration and a measurement configuration. A blood pressure cuff includes an inflatable bladder, a support band, and a control unit. The support band is attached to and surrounds the inflatable bladder. The support band is reconfigurable, in response to an input from the control unit, from a standby configuration for between blood pressure measurements to a measurement configuration for constraining the inflatable bladder while the inflatable bladder is in an inflated state during a blood pressure measurement. The control unit includes a bladder pump for inflation of the inflatable bladder during a blood pressure measurement and controls the selective reconfiguration of the support band.

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Dependent claims

A blood pressure cuff comprising:

an inflatable bladder;
a support band attached to and encircling the inflatable bladder, wherein the support band is reconfigurable, in response to an input, from a standby configuration for between blood pressure measurements to a measurement configuration for constraining the inflatable bladder during an inflation of the inflatable bladder during a blood pressure measurement, wherein the support band comprises one or more reinforcement sheets, and wherein the input comprises a voltage applied to electrodes formed on the one or more reinforcement sheets so as to electrostatically bind the electrodes;
and
a control unit comprising a bladder pump for the inflation of the inflatable bladder during the blood pressure measurement and a support band control unit for supplying the input to the support band.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Inflatable cuffs with controllable extensibility

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Inflatable cuffs with controllable extensibility

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Abstract

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