Patent ID: 8517952

Claim:
A blood pressure monitor to measure a blood pressure, comprising: a cuff having an inner cover, an outer cover, and a core; a cushion member present on the outer cover; and a tightening unit including a tightening belt and holding an end of the cuff rolled into other end of the cuff such that the tightening member keeps the cuff in a cylindrical shape, wherein the cushion member is present where the inner cover at the end of the cuff rubs against the outer cover at the other end of the cuff, an end of the tightening belt is connected to a base attached to a center of the core, a center part of the tightening belt is stored between the inner cover and the outer cover while the center part of the tightening belt is sandwiched between the core and the outer cover, other end of the tightening belt outwardly protrudes from between the inner cover and the outer cover, and the cushion member extends long enough that even when diametrically reduced, the cushion member remains between the overlapping ends of the cuff.