System for facilitating measurement of a person's blood pressure and method of taking a blood pressure measurement using the system
A system for facilitating measurement of a person's blood pressure. The system has a cuff that is configured to: a) be operatively situated in relationship to a person's arm; and b) strategically exert pressure on the person's arm to controllably restrict blood flow therein. An arm positioning assembly is configured to be operatively engaged by a hand on the person's arm to consistently place the person's arm in relationship to the cuff with the cuff operatively situated in relationship to the person's arm as a blood pressure measurement is taken.
1. A system for facilitating measurement of a person's blood pressure, comprising:
a cuff having a housing and a pressure applying structure;
a base assembly having an arm that supports the cuff wherein the arm has first and second parts that are moveable about a first axis and a second axis; and
an arm positioning assembly adapted to conform to a person's palm, supported by the base assembly, and having a vertical central axis coincident with the first axis of the base assembly.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the base assembly is pivotally connected to a support frame assembly.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the support frame assembly is a kiosk having a monitor.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the arm positioning assembly is spherical.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the arm positioning assembly has a rounded convex surface adapted to conform to the person's palm, thumb, and fingers.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the arm positioning assembly has a cylindrical body.
7. The system of claim 2 wherein the arm positioning assembly is between the cuff and the support frame assembly.
8. The system of claim 7 wherein a distance between the cuff and the arm positioning assembly is selectively changed through the base assembly.
9. A method of taking a person's blood pressure measurement, the method comprising the steps of:
accessing a system for facilitating measurement of the person's blood pressure as in claim 1 together with components to measure the person's blood pressure;
operatively situating the cuff on one of the user's arms;
with the user's hand on the one arm, operatively engaging the arm positioning assembly by grasping a part of the arm positioning assembly to establish a resting position for the one of the user's arms;
with the user's hand in the resting position, causing: a) the cuff to exert pressure on the user's one arm; and b) the components to measure the person's blood pressure are carried out while the user continues to grasp the part of the arm positioning assembly; and
moving the cuff selectively towards and away from the support frame assembly by operatively engaging the elongate arm.