SYSTEM FOR RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES

• US 20120097158A1
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inovytec Medical Solutions Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Inovytec Medical Solutions Ltd.
• Inventors: Matalon, Dror, Kantor, Ehud
• Granted Patent: US 8,973,574 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/202.18
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/01 Emergency care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/087 Measuring breath flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/70 Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or recording means
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1215 with patient airway positioning devices guiding means for tracheal tubes A61M16/0488
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/46 for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0027 pressure meter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0039 in the inspiratory circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0007 introduced into the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/332 Force measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 : Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 : partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/30 : Blood pressure A61M2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/42 : Rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/432 : partial CO2 pressure (P-CO2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 : Motion, e.g. physical activity

Abstract

A portable resuscitation system is provided. The system includes a housing for enclosing a ventilation device and a vital signs tracking device. The housing is anatomically designed for use as a neck support for opening an airway of a subject in a supine position and optionally includes mechanism for modifying the height or angle of the neck support.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A system comprising:

a ventilation device; and

a vital signs tracking device; and

an airway opening device,

wherein the system is configured to facilitate an opening of an airway of a subject in a supine position using the airway opening device, by alerting or instructing a user upon an attempt to open an airway, and

wherein the alerting or instructing is based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked by the vital signs tracking device during the attempt to open an airway.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein the ventilation device is further configured, upon a successful opening of an airway, to supply oxygen to the subject such that oxygen supply is sufficient, based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked during oxygen supply.

24. The system according to claim 22, further configured, upon a successful opening of an airway, to supply oxygen to the subject and to alert the user whenever the oxygen supply is non-satisfactory, based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked during oxygen supply.

25. The system according to claim 22, further comprising a housing enclosing the ventilation device and further shaped as a neck support.

28. The system according to claim 22, wherein the system is further configured to record over time the tracked vital signs of the subject and treatment carried out by the user, for later analysis.

29. The system according to claim 22, further comprising a location tracking unit for determining a geographic location of the system.

30. The system according to claim 22, further comprising a mechanism for modifying a head angle of said subject when in said supine position.

31. The system according to claim 30, wherein said mechanism is operated manually by the user in accordance with instructions presented by the system which are further based on the tracked vital signs.

32. The system according to claim 30, wherein said mechanism is operated automatically based on the tracked vital signs.

33. The system according to claim 30, wherein said mechanism includes a motor, a servo or an inflatable bladder.

34. The system according to claim 22, wherein said ventilation device includes a pressurized oxygen source and a face mask.

35. The system according to claim 22, wherein the vital signs tracking device is configured to track at least one of:

a respiration rate, a heart rate, blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood oxygenation.

36. The system according to claim 22, wherein the housing includes a recess at a top surface thereof, said recess being designed for accommodating a neck of said subject in a manner which extends said neck to open an airway of said subject.

37. The system according to claim 22, wherein said vital signs tracking device is configured as a wrist cuff.

38. The system according to claim 35, wherein said ventilation device includes a respiration sensor.

39. The system according to claim 38, wherein said respiration sensor is positioned in a reservoir of said face mask.

40. The system according to claim 38, wherein data from said respiration sensor is useable for determining a respiration parameter that is at least one of:

inspiration/expiration ratio, respiration rate, and respiratory volume.