US 11,896,356 B2
Reversible blood pressure measurement cuff and manufacturing method therefor
Raymond A Lia, Skaneateles Falls, NY (US); and Robert L. Vivenzio, Auburn, NY (US)
Assigned to Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed by Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/079,091.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/943,474, filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,923, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121086 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/022 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02233 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blood pressure cuff, comprising:
a first side;
a second side opposite the first side, the first side being sealed to the second side at a cuff perimeter, the cuff perimeter comprising:
a first perimeter segment that extends substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis extending substantially centrally along a length of the blood pressure cuff,
a second perimeter segment that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis,
a third perimeter segment extending substantially parallel to the first perimeter segment, and
a fourth perimeter segment extending substantially parallel to the second perimeter segment;
a first bladder of the blood pressure cuff, the first bladder at least partially defined by the first perimeter segment, the second perimeter segment, and the fourth perimeter segment;
a second bladder of the blood pressure cuff, the second bladder is fluidly isolated from the first bladder and at least partially defined by the third perimeter segment, the second perimeter segment, and the fourth perimeter segment, wherein:
the first perimeter segment at least partially defining the first bladder comprises a first free end of the cuff,
the third perimeter segment at least partially defining the second bladder comprises a second free end of the cuff opposite the first free end,
the second perimeter segment comprises a third free end of the cuff, and
the fourth perimeter segment comprises a fourth free end of the cuff opposite the third free end;
a first port fluidly connected to the first bladder, the first port extending outwardly from the first side of the cuff;
a second port fluidly connected to the second bladder, the second port extending outwardly from the second side of the cuff;
a first closure assembly disposed on the first side, the first closure assembly being configured to secure the blood pressure cuff around a limb of a patient in a first sleeve configuration; and
a second closure assembly disposed on the second side, the second closure assembly being configured to secure the blood pressure cuff around the limb in a second sleeve configuration.