Apparatus for Reanimation of a Patient

• US 20120238922A1
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH
• Original Assignee: GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH
• Inventors: STEMPLE, Guenter, Gellert, Dieter, Heller, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,775,771 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/41
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0119 Support for the device
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0157 portable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0192 Specific means for adjusting dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1215 Rotary drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/149 rotation-linear or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1619 Thorax
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1664 linear
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1685 interchangeable modular devices, A61H2201/0107
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5007 computer controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5043 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5064 Position sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5069 Angle sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5097 wireless
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/04 Position of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/0456 Supine
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/084 Chest
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/00 Artificial respiration or heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage artificial respiration by treatment with gas or air, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration A61M16/00; applying electric currents by contact electrodes for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers A61N1/36 ; teaching or training models, demonstration models for medical purposes G09B23/288
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/004 Heart stimulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/005 with feedback for the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/006 Power driven
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 31/008 : Supine patient supports or bases, e.g. improving air-way access to the lungs

Abstract

An apparatus for reanimation of a patient that includes a plunger driven by a drive to perform a compressive massage on the patient'"'"'s body, a position measuring device that measures the respective position of the plunger during its compressive massaging motion, and a holding device for the drive and the plunger.

Claims

1. An apparatus for reanimation of a patient, comprising:

a plunger;

a drive means configured to drive the plunger and to perform a compressive massage on the patient'"'"'s body;

a holding device for the drive means and the plunger; and

a reanimation board,

wherein the holding device includes a vertically adjustable cross-member on which the drive means and the plunger are mounted and which is supported on the reanimation board.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vertically adjustable cross-member is supported on a pillar or on two pillars.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the one pillar or the two pillars are attachable to the reanimation board on which the patient lies.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the holding device includes an arc-shaped support having a plurality of articulated arms extending from an articulated joint member supported on the reanimation board and which are connected to each other by articulation joints having horizontal axes of articulation.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device and the reanimation board form a force-locked structure that absorbs forces exercised by the plunger during compressive massage.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the vertically adjustable cross-member or the arc-shaped support is rotatable about a vertical axis and is fixable in a specific rotation angle position on the reanimation board for treatment with the plunger.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is detachably fixed to the reanimation board by a plug and snap connection.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is moveable in a longitudinal direction in relation to the reanimation board or is fixable in different positions.

9. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the vertically adjustable cross-member or arc-shaped support is articulatable or adjustable in length.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable cross-member or an arc-shaped support has at least two articulated arms connected to each other by a respective articulated joint, wherein at least two articulated arms are fixable in specific angular positions relative to each other.

11. The apparatus according claim 4, wherein

one of the plurality of articulated arms is fixed to the one pillar, or

one articulated arm of the arc-shaped support is fixed to the articulated joint member, and one other articulated arm includes the drive means and the plunger.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the one articulated arm is mounted swivelably about the vertical axis on the one pillar and the plunger is disposed on the other articulated arm.

13. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a locking mechanism fixes two articulated arms in a specific angular position in relation to each other and fixes the cross-member or the arc-shaped support in a specific angular position about a vertical axis.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the locking mechanism includes a control cam mounted pivotably on the cross-member and is moveable to two positions, and the control cam in is controlling engagement with a connecting point at which two operating levers are pivotably connected to each other, one of the operating levers causing rotational blocking of the two articulated arms in relation to each other and the other of the operating levers causing rotational blocking of the cross-member or of the arc-shaped support about the vertical axis.

15. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of articulated arms are fixed in specific angular positions relative to each other and the cross-member or the curved support is fixed in the specific angular position about the vertical axis in relation to the reanimation board by positive or frictional engagement.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reanimation board includes two detachable parts.

17. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the reanimation board includes a recess for a base plate on which the one pillar or the two pillars are securable.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein a guide mechanism for lateral insertion of the base plate is provided in a region of the recess.

19. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one support plate is pivotably mounted on the reanimation board, said support plate being pivotable away from the reanimation board and comprising an attachment point for the holding device.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the at least one support plate is lockable in different pivot angle positions.

21. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the holding device and the base plate or at least one support plate to which it is connected form a force-locked structure that absorbs the forces exercised by the plunger during compressive massage.

22. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plunger is configured for detachably attaching a reducing plunger to a bottom end of the plunger, the reducing plunger configured for treatment of children.

23. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a circumferential gas-tight seal is provided on a pressure plate and underpressure is produced in a space enclosed between the patient'"'"'s body and the pressure plate by the seal.

24. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising securing straps configured to secure the patient.

25. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drive means comprises an electric motor, the torque of which is converted via a transmission gear into the compressive massage motion of the plunger.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein a power supply to the electric motor is releasable according to actuation of a locking mechanism.

27. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the motor includes an armature and a position measuring device configured to detect a rotation angle position of the motor armature, or a position of a transmission part is employed for determining the position of the plunger during its compressive massaging motion.

28. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the transmission part is a drive belt or gear wheel configured to transfer a rotational movement of the electric motor.

29. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the drive means and the plunger are vertically adjustable on the cross-member or the arc-shaped curved support.

30. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the drive means and the plunger are held with anti-rotation means on the cross-member or the arc-shaped curved support.

31. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display device configured to display the reanimation process, the displace device being provided on the holding device.

32. The apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the display device is a lightbar.

33. The apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising a control unit configured to control the electric motor by comparing a motor current drawn by the electric motor with a current profile corresponding to a predefined force profile for a stroke length of the plunger.

34. The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein a number of revolutions of the motor in a respective direction of rotation is adjusted by the control unit according to the predefined force profile.

35. The apparatus according to claim 33, wherein a motor speed is adjusted by the control unit according to the predefined force profile.

36. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pushbutton switch with a single direction of switch actuation to operate the apparatus during treatment of the patient.