Sphygmomanometer cuff

Claim 2

A sphygmomanometer cuff comprising a flat, pliable elongated body adapted to encompass a limb, the width of said body being approximately 1.2 times the diameter of the limb to be encompassed thereby; a selectively inflatable bag carried by said body; and complemental first and second indexing means carried by said body, said first indexing means being disposed adjacent one narrow end of said body, and said second indexing means being spaced longitudinally from said first indexing means and extending longitudinally of said elongated body, one of said indexing means being in overlapping registered relation with the other of said indexing means when said body is in a proper limbencompassing condition.

Claim 3

The sphygmomanometer cuff of claim 1 wherein said first indexing means includes an elongated first indicia formed on one surface of said body, and said second indexing means includes an elongated second indicia formed on said one surface of said body and adjacent an elongated edge thereof, said first and second indicia being in angularly disposed relation.

Claim 4

The sphygmomanometer cuff of claim 1 wherein said body includes complemental retaining means releasably engageable with one another when said body is in limb-encompassing condition to effect retention of said body in said condition.

Claim 5

The sphygmomanometer cuff of claim 2 wherein said body has a rectangular configuration and said first indexing means is adjacent to and substantially co-extensive with said body narrow edge, and said second indexing means adjacent to the elongated edge of said body is substantially parallel thereto.

Claim 6

A series of sphygmomanometer cuffs of predetermined graduated sizes, each cuff comprising a flat, pliable, elongated body adapted to encompass a limb of predetermined dimension, a selectively inflatable bag carried by said body, said body having a width approximately 1.2 times the diameter of the predetermined limb to be encompassed thereby, and a length of predetermined greater size than the next smaller size cuff of the series, and complemental first and second size indexing means carried by said body, said first indexing means being disposed adjacent to a narrow end of said body and said second indexing means spaced from said first indexing means and extending longitudinally of said body, the center of said second indexing means being spaced from said first indexing means, when said body is in a taut flat condition, by an amount equal to substantially the circumference of the predetermined limb to be encompassed by said body; the second indexing means being located on each cuff body in the series whereby the distance between the first indexing means and the nearest portion thereto of said second indexing means of one body is substantially equal to the distance between the first indexing means and the most remote portion thereto of the second indexing means of the body of the next smaller size cuff of the series.

Claim 7

A series of sphygmomanometer cuffs of predetermined graduated sizes, each cuff comprising a flat, pliable, elongated body adapted to encompass a limb of predetermined dimension, a selectively inflatable bag carried by said body, said body having a width approximately 1.2 times the diameter of the predetermined limb to be encompassed thereby, and a length of predetermined greater size than the next smaller size cuff of the series, and complemental first and second size indexing means carried by said body, said first indexing means being disposed adjacent to a narrow end of said body and said second indexing means spaced from said first indexing means and extending longitudinally of said body, the center of said second indexing means being spaced from said first indexing means, when said body is in a taut flat condition, by an amount equal to substantially the circumference of the predetermined limb to be encompassed by said body; the second indexing means being located on each cuff body in the series whereby the distance between the first indexing means and the nearest portion thereto of said second indexing means of one body is substantially equal to the distance between the first indexing means and the most remote portion thereto of the second indexing means of the body of the next smaller size cuff of the series.

Claim 8

The series of sphygmomanometer cuffs of claim 5 wherein each body of said cuff series has a color distinguishable from the colors of the other bodies comprising the series.