Patent ID: 6036718
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An inflatable blood pressure cuff comprising:a pair of flexible gas-impermeable sheets, each of said sheets having an inner and an outer side, wherein said inner sides are placed in contact and the edges of said sheets are fused along a periphery thereof to form an interior chamber;at least one hook fastener portion disposed on one outer side of one of said sheets and at least one loop portion disposed on an outer side of the other of said sheets; andconduit means attached to one of said flexible sheets for connecting to a source of pressurized fluid for allowing inflation and deflation of said interior chamber, wherein said sheets are fused together by RF welding along a perimeter of one outer side of one of said sheets,and further wherein said at least one hook fastener portion, said at least one loop portion, and said conduit means are each RF welded to an outer side of one of said sheets.