US 12,268,483 B2
Recyclable or biodegradable blood pressure cuff
Robert L. Vivenzio, Auburn, NY (US); Ian K. Edwards, Skaneateles Falls, NY (US); Raymond A. Lia, Auburn, NY (US); Jeffrey Perkins, Tully, NY (US); and Sean R. Karla, Syracuse, NY (US)
Assigned to Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed by Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,459.
Application 16/264,823 is a division of application No. 14/094,873, filed on Dec. 3, 2013, granted, now 10,231,630, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 17/824,459 is a continuation of application No. 16/264,823, filed on Feb. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,350,834.
Application 14/094,873 is a continuation of application No. 12/704,638, filed on Feb. 12, 2010, granted, now 8,652,057, issued on Feb. 18, 2014.
Application 12/704,638 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/468,438, filed on May 19, 2009, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280055 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/022 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02233 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a blood pressure cuff, said method comprising:
providing a flexible sleeve member made from one or more sheets of a fluid impermeable material, the flexible sleeve member having an inflatable portion and an adjacent non-inflatable portion;
providing a film on one side of a sheet of the fluid impermeable material, including the non-inflatable portion, and laminating a non-woven fabric to the film, providing a hook fastener portion on an exterior surface of the non-inflatable portion of the flexible sleeve member, the non-woven fabric having a microstructure that creates adhesion with the hook fastener portion when the cuff is circumferentially wrapped about the limb of the patient;
adding an external port to the flexible sleeve member, the external port being a female socket, which when added, extends outwardly from an outer opening of the inflatable portion, the female socket being defined by a cylindrical body, including a cavity, having an open end, and an opposite end having a bottom surface, the open end being surrounded by an annular lip extending radially from the open end of the cylindrical body and having a diameter that is larger than the cylindrical body of the female socket, the socket further having an opening formed in the bottom surface of the socket in fluid communication with the inflatable portion of the flexible sleeve member, and in which the female socket is added by mounting the socket within a formed opening of the flexible sleeve portion by circumferentially mounting the socket to an internal surface of the flexible sleeve portion surrounding the formed opening;
creating a slotted portion on the adjacent non-inflatable portion of the flexible sleeve member, the slotted portion being sized to receive the external port when the cuff is wrapped about a limb of a patient, wherein the hook fastener portion is disposed adjacent the slotted portion on one side of the non-inflatable portion;
sizing the length of the slotted portion to limit the range of limb sizes to which the cuff can be attached with the female socket being accommodated within the slotted portion when the cuff is circumferentially wrapped about a limb of a patient prior to a blood pressure measurement; and
sizing the inflatable portion to be wrapped a single time about the limb of the patient and in which the slotted portion enables the cuff to be wrapped at least one additional time about the limb of the patient wherein the cuff is releasably secured to the patient by attaching the hook fastener portion disposed on the one side of the non-inflatable portion to the non-woven fabric, which is provided on an opposite side of the non-inflatable portion.