Patent ID: 7524290

Claim:
A method for taking non-invasive blood pressure and other vascular parameter measurements, the method comprising the steps of: placing an arterial/venous occlusion cuff about a base of an appendage of a small subject; placing the vascular compression device about the appendage distal to the occlusion cuff; activating the vascular compression device to generate compression ischemia in the appendage; pressurizing the arterial/venous occlusion cuff to generate arterial/venous occlusion in the appendage; deactivating the vascular compression device; depressurizing the arterial/venous occlusion cuff to allow blood to flow into the appendage and thereupon determine vascular parameters; and measuring a volume change of the appendage distal to the occlusion cuff with a volume measuring device during the step of depressurizing the arterial/venous occlusion cuff to determine the vascular parameters.