Pressure cuff and method of placing it on a limb

Claim 1

A sphygmomanometer cuff having a bladder inflatable by inflating means and being adapted to be positioned around the limb of a body by pulling on opposite sides of the cuff comprising: inflating means; a flexible band-type member having a rectangular body with a bladder connected to said inflating means located on one surface therealong, said band-type member being adapted to be wrapped around the limb with the bladder located in the area of a vein of the limb; a tab member formed at one end of the band-type member; said band-type member having an aperture formed at the end of the rectangular body opposite said tab member, said aperture being spaced from said opposite end of the band-type member to leave an end grasping area between the aperture and said end, said tab member being of a size to allow its threading through the aperture to allow said band-type member to be tightly positioned around the limb without being circumferentially shifted thereon by pulling said threaded tab member in one direction and the end grasping area of said opposite end of said band-type member in a second direction opposite said first direction to tighten said cuff around the limb without shifting the bladder from the vein of the limb; first locking means located on a surface of said band-type member opposite the bladder area; second locking means located on said tab on the same surface as said bladder; and a third locking means located on said grasping area on the same surface as said bladder, said second locking means of said tab and said third locking means of said end grasping area of the band-type member being of a type which is individually lockable to said first locking means to retain the cuff tightly on the limb and prevent circumferential shifting thereon.

Claim 6

A method of placing a sphygmomanometer cuff on a limb without circumferentially shifting it thereon comprising the steps of: providing a cuff having a pressure sensing area on one side and a first locking means on the opposite side, said cuff also having a tab at one end having on said one side second locking means of a type matable with said first locking means and an aperture at the opposite end but spaced therefrom to leave an end grasping area having on said one side third locking means of a type matable with said first locking means; placing the cuff on the limb to align the pressure sensing area of the cuff with a vein of the limb; threading the tab through the aperture; pulling the tab and the grasping area in opposite directions to allow tightening of the cuff around the limb without circumferentially moving the pressure sensing area of the cuff from the vein, and individually engaging the second matable locking means and the third matable locking means with the first locking means to retain opposite direction tension on the tab and the grasping end to thereby retain the tightened cuff on the limb.

Claim 7

A method of placing a sphygmomanometer cuff on a limb without circumferentially shifting it thereon comprising the steps of: providing a cuff having a pressure sensing area on one side and a first locking means on the opposite side, said cuff also having a tab at one end having on said one side second locking means of a type matable with said first locking means and an aperture at the opposite end but spaced therefrom to leave an end grasping area having on said one side third locking means of a type matable with said first locking means; placing the cuff on the limb to align the pressure sensing area of the cuff with a vein of the limb; threading the tab through the aperture; pulling the tab and the grasping area in opposite directions to allow tightening of the cuff around the limb without circumferentially moving the pressure sensing area of the cuff from the vein, and individually engaging the second matable locking means and the third matable locking means with the first locking means to retain opposite direction tension on the tab and the grasping end to thereby retain the tightened cuff on the limb.