US Patent Issued to OMRON HEALTHCARE on Oct. 6 for "Blood pressure cuff" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,636, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Blood pressure cuff" was invented by Ryosuke Doi (Kyoto, Japan), Minoru Taniguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Takayuki Matsuoka (Kyoto, Japan), Takayuki Shiina (Kyoto, Japan), Yo Imai (Kyoto, Japan), Kenji Ozawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Chisato Tawara (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a convenient blood pressure cuff. A blood pressure cuff includes a band-like body enveloping an air bag between an outer cloth and an inner cloth facing the outer cloth; a ring-like member held at a position near one end edge it in a longitudinal direction of the band-...