US 7,524,291 B1
Cuff-block for finger arterial blood pressure monitor
Minoru Nakagawara, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to NEC Medical Systems, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 08, 1999, as Appl. No. 9/349,573.
Claims priority of application No. P10342807 (JP), filed on Dec. 02, 1998.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 600—499  [606/202] 3 Claims
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1. A cuff-block for the non-invasive sensing within a finger of arterial blood pressure, comprising:
a cuff adapted to be placed over a proximal or a medial finger portion of an artery in the finger; and
means for holding said cuff on said finger such that the cuff is supported on said finger at a plurality of discrete portions remote from said artery, said holding means comprising a cuff-holding portion, two forked supporting portions each extended from said cuff-holding, a belt-like portion formed by integrating the free ends of said forked supporting portions, and a ratchet mechanism provided in connection with a free end support of said belt-like portion and an outer surface of said cuff-holding portion.