Automatic External Defibrillator with Active Status Indicator

• US 20110190839A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Defibtech, LLC. (Nihon Kohden Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Defibtech, LLC. (Nihon Kohden Corporation)
• Inventors: Laub, Glenn W., Vaisnys, Gintaras A., Meier, Giovanni C.
• Application Number:
  US13/086,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20110190839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/7
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/378 Electrical supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/39044 in combination with cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3975 Power supply A61N1/378 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 16/00 Structural combinations of different types of electrochemical generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An AED includes defibrillation circuitry housed within an enclosure, a first processor programmed to periodically test the operability of the defibrillation circuitry and a second processor in communication with the first processor. The AED further includes a visual indicator, such as a red/green LED, positioned at the exterior of the enclosure that is operatively connected to the second processor. The second processor is programmed to control the visual indicator in response to the periodic test results provided to it by the first processor.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An external defibrillator, comprising:

a battery; and

defibrillation circuitry, the defibrillation circuitry powered by the battery and including

a computer having programming to conduct a self-test and to perform a rescue, the self test including at least some portion of the defibrillation circuitry, the self-test capable of equating a detected fault with a service code selected from a group of service codes, the service code equating to information specific to the detected fault, and

an output for communicating the selected service code.

10. The external defibrillator of claim 9, wherein the output is a speaker and the selected service code is communicated over the speaker.

11. The external defibrillator of claim 9, wherein the service code is communicated in real time.

12. The external defibrillator of claim 9, wherein the self-test is autonomous and recurring.

13. The external defibrillator of claim 9, wherein the self-test is selected from a group of self-tests of varying degrees.