Patent ID: 7331977

Claim:
An adaptive tourniquet cuff system, comprising: a tourniquet cuff having a plurality of predetermined physical characteristics including a cuff shape, a cuff width dimension, a cuff length dimension that is greater than the circumference of a limb at a selected location, and an inflatable bladder having a size dimension; and a cuff connector carried on the cuff and communicating pneumatically with the bladder for releasably connecting to a second connector to establish a gas-tight passageway between the bladder and a tourniquet instrument, wherein the cuff connector includes a flexible collar mounted to the cuff connector and colored to be indicative of one predetermined physical characteristic of the plurality of predetermined physical characteristics of the cuff and detectable by the tourniquet instrument upon establishment of the gas-tight passageway, wherein the collar flexes and engages the second connector when the cuff connector is connected to the second connector.