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Fluid bladder, blood pressure measurement cuff, blood pressure monitor, and blood pressure measurement method

US10383529B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2017
Grant dateAug 20, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/0235
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fluid bladder has a first fluid bladder region that inflates due to receiving a supply of fluid and is contained in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of a measurement site in a lengthwise direction of a cuff, the portion corresponding to a first half surface, where an artery is. Also, the fluid bladder has an expansion region that is expanded due to an action from outside, and is contained at a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the measurement site that corresponds to a second half surface, in the lengthwise direction of the cuff. During inflation for blood pressure measurement, a stroke amount by which the expansion region expands is larger in the thickness direction than a stroke amount by which the first fluid bladder region swells.

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