摘要 |
An improved ausculatory blood pressure cuff, of the type used in self-testing locations, operates with no moving parts other than the inflatable bladder. No springs or mechanical motors are used to close the bladder portion of the machine around the arm of the user. A generally cylindrically shaped housing is mounted on a base support. The housing has an opening where it is mounted onto the base support; and a hollow fabric sleeve, having a first portion releasably attached to the interior of the cylindrical housing and having a second portion spaced from the first portion located on the interior of the housing, is placed in the housing. An inflatable bladder is located in the space between the two portions of the hollow sleeve; and air is supplied under pressure to inflate the bladder to predetermined pressures. When this is done, the bladder and sleeve expand to constrict the space in the cylindrical housing to close the bladder and sleeve about the arm of a user.
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