Cuff for blood pressure monitor
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTakashi Inagaki, Yoshihiko Sano, Minoru Taniguchi
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Abstract
The invention provides a variety of cuff design for blood pressure monitor, which assures an easy and firm fitting to an arm of a patient. Specifically, the curled elastic member of the cuff is overlapped at both end portions for easy fitting. The rigidity and thickness of the curled elastic member are designed to follow the shape of the upper arm of the patient, which significantly varies in size depending on the location of the arm.
Claims8
A cuff for a blood pressure monitor, comprising therein a bladder and a curled elastic member disposed on the outside of the bladder to hold a ring shape of the cuff,
- wherein the curled elastic member has at least two different rigidities in an axial direction of the ring shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.