shown in fig1 contour cuff 14 has two independent cuff bladders proximal cuff bladder 28 and distal cuff bladder 30 the perimeter 32 of the bladders is depicted in the top view of contour cuff 14 shown in fig3 the proximal and distal cuff bladders are pressurized with fluid from instrument 10 to apply pressure to proximal and distal portions of limb 2 underlying cuff 14 in the preferred embodiment the fluid used to pressurize inflate the cuff bladders of contour cuff 14 is air it will be apparent that other fluids could be used for example the fluid could be another gas such as nitrogen or the fluid could a liquid such as water air from instrument 10 is supplied to proximal bladder 28 via tubing 34 and bladder port 36 fluid is supplied to distal bladder 30 via tubing 38 and bladder port 40 contour cuff 14 is known in the art as single port cuff it will be apparent that cuff 14 could be configured as a dual port and instrument 10 adapted with separate connections to each bladder for the supply of fluid to the bladder and the measurement of pressure within the bladder as can be seen in fig1 instrument 10 has a user interface consisting of graphic display panel 42 and keypad 44 display panel 42 is employed for the selective display of information in alphanumeric and graphical formats that may include measured pressure levels.