Self-applying accessory for blood pressure cuff

Claim 1

In a blood pressure cuff comprising first and second flexible section having opposed side edges, inner end portions, and outer free ends, means securing said cuff sections at their inner end portions in end to end relationship for disposition between a coplanar extended inoperative condition and overlapping, encircling disposition about a patient's arm, first and second cooperative fastener components provided respectively upon said first and second cuff sections for interengagement for maintaining said cuff in operative disposition, the improvement comprising an accessory for facilitating operative disposition of the cuff by the user, said accessory comprising an elongated member of flexible material having first and second lengths having outer free ends normally proximate the outer free end of said cuff second section, said first and second lengths of said elongated member having inner end portions, means fixedly securing the inner end portions of said first and second lengths of said elongated member in the region of securement of the inner end portions of said cuff first and second sections, said elongated member first and second lengths each having central portions between the respective fixed inner end portions and outer free ends thereof located adjacent the side edges of said cuff second section when said cuff is in an inoperative state, the outer free ends of the first and second lengths of the elongated member being mutually secured proximate the free end of said cuff second section, and guide means provided on said cuff second section for the adjacent central portions of said first and second lengths of the elongated member, said guide means being located between the inner end portion and outer free end of said second cuff section for permitting relative movement between said second section and said elongated member during disposition of the cuff into operative position.