Indicia bearing and color-coded medical device and associated methods

摘要

A blood pressure monitor for sports enthusiasts is provided which preferably includes a cuff having a fabric portion and an inflatable bladder portion and adapted to be positioned to substantially surround a portion of one of the patient's arms, an inflator in fluid communication with the bladder portion of the cuff to inflate the bladder portion responsive to the user, a measurer in fluid communication with the bladder portion of the cuff for measuring blood pressure of the patient when the bladder portion substantially surrounds the portion of the patient's arm, a first tube having a first end portion connected to and in fluid communication with the cuff and a second end portion connected to and in fluid communication with the inflator, and a second tube having a first end portion connected to and in fluid communication with the cuff and a second end portion connected to and in fluid communication with the measurer. Each of the first and second tubes further preferably is visibly colored with at least one of a first color associated with a sports team to thereby define a first sports team color and a second contrasting color also associated with the sports team to thereby define a second sports team color.