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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109881 | Sphygmomanometer A sphygmomanometer includes a base block and a cuff block having a cuff for restricting flow of blood, the cuff block being connected to the base block in such a manner that an angle of the cuff block with respect to a horizontal plane is variable within an angular ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8075493 | Blood pressure measuring device A winding unit for an air tube provided to a blood pressure monitor includes a reel body rotatably supported by a case body, and a helical spring that biases the reel body in the direction in which the air tube is wound. The air tube includes a wound portion wound b... | 12/13/2011 |
| RE42754 | Blood pressure measuring apparatus 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 inter... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7896810 | Blood pressure monitoring system and method having an extended optical range A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7794405 | Cuff for blood pressure monitor, and blood pressure monitor having the same A cuff for a blood pressure monitor has an air bag inflated/deflated as the air comes in/out. The air bag has an inner wall portion located on the inner side in the fitted state of the cuff and an outer wall portion located outer than the inner wall portion, and a s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7708694 | Bladder-based cuff for measuring physiological parameters and method of measuring physiological parameter using same A cuff for measuring volume and change in volume of a body appendage includes a hollow, rigid tube having an inner surface; and a bladder having an inner surface and an outer surface, the ends of the bladder being sealed to the ends of the tube to create an enclosed... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7682314 | Blood pressure meter using viscoelasticity of cuff and mobile terminal having the same A blood pressure meter using a viscoelastic cuff, and a mobile terminal having the blood pressure meter. The blood pressure meter includes a blood pressure sensor for measuring variation in blood pressure, a blood flow sensor for measuring variation in blood flow, a... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7641616 | Blood pressure monitoring system and method of having an extended optical range A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7611469 | Cuff for blood pressure monitor, blood pressure monitor, living body pressing apparatus, and living body information measuring apparatus A cuff as a living body pressing apparatus provided for a blood pressure monitor as a living body information measuring apparatus includes an air bag and a curled elastic member wound annularly around an outer side of the air bag. The air bag has an engagement porti... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7527596 | Adjustable cuff for measuring blood pressure A cuff (1) for measuring arterial pressure including a tubular sleeve (2) with an integrated inflatable chamber (11), which is adapted to be wrapped around the arm of a patient; the cuff includes fastening means (10) adapted to fasten the... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524291 | Cuff-block for finger arterial blood pressure monitor A cuff-block for a finger arterial blood pressure monitor is able to relieve a blood flow impediment and the hindrance of a finger motion at the measuring site during the finger arterial blood pressure monitoring. A disk-like cuff (12) for local pressu... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7427268 | Ring-shaped cuff for measurement of blood pressure A closed blood pressure cuff including a ring-shaped inflatable bladder having an inner portion for making direct contact with a user's arm and an outer portion having a fixed circumference outside the inner portion. The bladder is formed of non-distensible material... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404801 | Blood pressure monitor The present invention provides an automatic blood pressure monitor for measuring the arterial blood pressure at a location on a patient. The automatic monitor of the invention does not require an external pump of any type. The invention uses a propellant supply cham... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7374543 | Wrist sphygmomanometer and cuff spring for the same To improve measurement accuracy of blood pressure. A wrist sphygmomanometer comprises a cuff spring formed in a curved shape to fit the semicircle on the side of the pulsation part of the wrist, having a mount portion formed outside; a cuff band including the cuff s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372778 | Pulsometer worn on wrist and associated control method The invention proposes a pulsometer (10) comprising a case (14) which contains an electronic optical pulse measuring device (18) and an electronic circuit, a tightening wristband (16) which holds the back cover of the case (14) pre... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354403 | Cuff apparatus and sphygmomanometer comprising the same A plurality of cushions are provided in the airbag of a cuff apparatus, spaced apart from one another and thus maintaining the airbag in an inflated state before compressed air is introduced into the airbag. This shortens the time required to supply the compressed a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341561 | Wrist-worn high-accuracy pulsation measuring apparatus A wrist-worn apparatus capable of sensing pulsation of blood in the blood tubes of a user's wrist with high accuracy. The apparatus comprises a body of the apparatus, a band to be used to wear the body of the apparatus on the user's wrist, and a fluid-containing pul... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335163 | Combined computer mouse and blood pressure sphygmomanometer A sphygmomanometer cuff assembly, air pump, pressure sensor and release valve are contained in an otherwise conventional computer mouse controller. Various alternative embodiments are illustrated and discussed herein. In one such embodiment the sphygmomanometer cuff... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316652 | Blood pressure measuring device with a cuff of two openable concave shell parts Traditional cuffs for measuring blood pressure use an air chamber enclosed in a non-stretchable fabric to occlude an artery in a limb when supplied with pressurised air. A stethoscope used on the limb is used to monitor blood flow. Application of the cuff is inconve... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316653 | Blood pressure measuring device A blood pressure monitor includes a main unit casing placed on a table, a living body insert portion casing of an approximately cylindrical shape, positioned on the main unit casing in a non-use state and having a cuff arranged on its inner peripheral surface, the c... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311670 | Blood pressure cuffs with resilient support sleeves Inflatable blood pressure cuff assemblies include an inflatable elongate cuff member having opposing long edges and opposing short edge portions with a fluid chamber therein and a resilient support sleeve with at least one rib support member, the sleeve attached to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7276037 | Compression apparatus for applying localized pressure to the venous system of the leg An apparatus is provided for applying compression therapy to an extremity of the human body, such as a portion of the human leg. The device includes a flexible member and an air bladder chamber. The flexible member is adapted to wrap around the extremity to secure t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7250030 | Cuff for blood pressure monitor and blood pressure monitor having the same A cuff for a blood pressure monitor is provided with an air bag including a first bag member located outside and a second bag member located inside in the thickness direction when fitted on a living body. The first and second bag members have first and second inflat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247143 | Bladder-based cuff for measuring physiological parameters and method of measuring physiological parameters using same A cuff for measuring volume and change in volume of a body appendage includes a hollow, rigid tube having an inner surface; and a bladder having an inner surface and an outer surface, the ends of the bladder being sealed to the ends of the tube to create an enclosed... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232413 | Pulse wave measuring apparatus A pulse wave measuring apparatus is disclosed, in which a sensor unit can be fixed easily under an appropriate pressure at an appropriate position on a living organism. With the living organism fixed by a living organism fixing device, a pressure sensitive portion a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207944 | Blood pressure monitor A blood pressure monitor is provided with a box-shaped housing having openings formed in left and right side walls, a cuff transversely arranged in the housing and including an arm entrance and an arm exit at the opposite left and right ends corresponding to the ope... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198608 | Appendage cover with inflatable ring and method of using same A cover is described for providing a protected area on a user's arm or leg, and especially over a cast on the arm or leg. The cover includes a sheath portion with an open end and a closed end. A user's arm is placed within the sheath. An inflatable ring is cooperabl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7166077 | Cuff for measurement of blood pressure A blood pressure cuff including an inflatable bladder disposed between an elastic, resilient inner layer of material and at least one outer layer of material. The bladder is secured to these layers along the elongate ends but not along the elongate edges. The bladde... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164938 | Optical noninvasive vital sign monitor An optical noninvasive vital sign monitor comprising a reflectance-type optical sensor within a pressurizable capsule retained by a headband, the capsule having an optically transparent or translucent inner wall adapted for placement against a subject's forehead. Th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153270 | Device for securing living body by pressing A device for securing a living body by pressing includes a living body pressing air bag, a curled elastic member of an approximately cylindrical shape, disposed on the outside of the living body pressing air bag and changeable in size in a radial direction, and a cu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144374 | Cuff for blood pressure monitor A cuff for a blood pressure monitor includes a cuff main unit wound around a measurement site of a living body, and a handle provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cuff main unit and gripped with a hand for fitting the cuff. The cuff main unit includes a co... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7122009 | Sphygmomanometer and sphygmomanometer storage case To facilitate carrying by making a sphygmomanometer combining a blood-constricting cuff band with a sphygmomanometer unit thin and compact when not engaged in measurement, a sphygmomanometer combines blood-constricting cuff band 1 with sphygmomanometer unit | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118535 | Electronic blood pressure measurement device and blood pressure measuring method Prior to blood pressure calculations, air is enclosed in a blood pressure measurement bladder to be wound and mounted around the region for measurement, in advance. By referring to the variation in the pressure therein, the circumferential length of the region for m... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104960 | Noninvasive sphygmomanometer A noninvasive sphygmomanometer capable of obtaining an accurate blood pressure value is provided without complicating a structure and with little time-consuming work. A photointerrupter 31, a wave-shaping circuit 75, a rotation number counting circuit ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083573 | Cuff of wrist-mount blood pressure monitor A cuff of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor includes an inflatable bag to which a predetermined quantity of fluid is supplied in order to press predetermined artery of a wrist, and a fixing member for mounting the inflatable bag on the wrist. The fixing member ha... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070567 | Inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement An inflatable cuff for blood pressure measurement includes a first inflatable bag to press an arterial vessel of a body portion of a living subject for stopping blood flow; a second inflatable bag for sensing a pulse wave propagating along the arterial vessel, which... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072242 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device A clock-generating circuit for forming internal clock signals by comparing a signal obtained by delaying, through a variable delay circuit, an input clock signal input through an external terminal with the input clock signal through a phase comparator circuit, and s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060034 | Tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer measuring unit assembly The present invention discloses a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer measuring unit assembly that mainly improves the assembly between a measuring unit of a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer and a tunnel type electronic sphygmomanometer body of a prior ar... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7018359 | Inner pressure indicator of cuff The present invention is an inner pressure indicator of a cuff comprising, a housing possessing on one end an opening that can connect to a cuff inflating tube of a tracheostomy tube with a cuff or of an endotracheal tube and on the other end of said housing possess... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008379 | Noninvasive sphygmomanometer A noninvasive sphygmomanometer capable of obtaining an accurate blood pressure value is provided without complicating a structure and with little time-consuming work. A photointerrupter 31, a wave-shaping circuit 75, a rotation number counting circuit ... | 03/07/2006 |
