Patent ID: 7758607
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A low-cost contour cuff for surgical tourniquet systems, comprising: an inflatable bladder having an arcuate shape; an inner surface and an outer surface enclosing the bladder; a securing strap non-releasably attached to the outer surface near a first strap end and segmented into a bending portion near the first strap end and a fastening portion near a second strap end, wherein the fastening portion is adapted for releasable attachment to the outer surface, and wherein the bending portion has a predetermined flexibility sufficient for bending the fastening portion to releasably attach substantially all of fastening portion to the outer surface when the bladder surrounds a limb; and wherein the inflatable bladder is formed by outer and inner sheets of flexible thermoplastic material welded together along first and second bladder side edges and first and second bladder end edges, and wherein the entire width of the weld along the first side edge of the sheath from the first bladder end edge to the second end edge, is greater than the width of the weld along the second side edge of the sheath.