Blood pressure measuring apparatus
AssigneeWelch Allyn, Inc.
InventorsRaymond A. Lia, Robert L. Vivenzio, Dominick Danna, Raymond P. Dromms, Scott S. Stearns, James M. Baxter
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Abstract
A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes an inflatable sleeve adapted to be wrapped about a limb of a patient. The sleeve includes an interior and at least one socket provided on an exterior surface of the sleeve, the socket being fluidly connected to the interior of the sleeve. A gage is directly attached to the sleeve socket through attachment of a mating engagement portion. A pneumatic bulb is also attached fluidly to the sleeve through a receiving port which is provided on at least one of the socket and the gage.
Claims15
A blood pressure measuring apparatus comprising:
- an inflatable sleeve adapted to be wrapped about a limb of a patient, said sleeve including an interior and at least one socket provided in an exterior surface of said sleeve, said at least one socket including an opening that is fluidly and directly connected to the interior of said inflatable sleeve;
- a gage housing having an integral mating end releasably fitted directly into said at least one socket provided on the exterior surface of said sleeve;
- a pneumatic means for inflating said sleeve;
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- means for attaching said pneumatic means to said sleeve, said attaching means including a receiving means provided on one of said at least one socketand, said mating end of said gage housing and an adapter releasably fitted into said at least one socket.
A blood pressure measuring system, said system comprising:
- a unitary flexible sleeve member which is adapted to be wrapped around the limb of a patient, said sleeve member including an exterior surface and an inflatable interior;
- a gage housing having a mating end;
- a hose adapter;
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- at least one socket provided within said exterior surface, said at least one socket including an opening that is fluidly and directly connected to the inflatable interior of said sleeve member, said at least one socket being adapted for interchangeably receiving at least one of said gage housing and said hose adapter, said gage housing and said hose adapter being releasably and directly connected in interchangeable fashion to said at least one socket without intermediate hoses therebetween, and in which each of said gage housing and said hose adapter are mechanically supported solely by said at least one socket when connected to said sleeve member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.