CPR MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20130218055A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Laerdal Medical AS (Laerdal Medical Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Laerdal Medical AS (Laerdal Medical Corporation)
• Inventors: Fossan, Helge
• Application Number:
  US13/879,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 601/41
• 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: G09B 23/288 for artificial respiration or heart massage

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for monitoring CPR performed on a manikin. The manikin comprising means for measuring at least one first parameter concerning a performed CPR, and a measuring unit for positioning on the chest of a manikin or patient during CPR comprising sensors for measuring at least one second parameter concerning a performed CPR. The system also comprising analyzing means for analyzing said first and second parameters measured during a chosen time period during a performed CPR on said manikin and evaluating the measured parameters.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring CPR performed on a manikin, the manikin comprising:

means for measuring at least one first parameter concerning a performed CPR;

a measuring unit for positioning on the chest of the manikin during CPR, the measuring unit comprising sensors for measuring at least one second parameter concerning a performed CPR;

the system comprising analyzing means for analyzing said first and second parameters measured during a chosen time period during the performed CPR on said manikin and evaluating the measured parameters, said evaluation of said parameters being stored and the system being adapted to provide feedback to the user based on said evaluation of said first and second parameters.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the measuring unit is a wireless CPR sensor comprising a sensor for measuring the compression depth during CPR and a memory unit for storing the measured parameters.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the manikin comprises at least one of the following sensors:

compression depth sensor, ventilation sensor, position sensor measuring the position on the chest at which the compression is performed.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing means is adapted to compare corresponding parameters measured in the measuring unit and the manikin and detecting deviations between them and recommended CPR treatment, so as to enable improved feedback to the user.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the manikin comprising first communication means for communicating with an independent measuring unit, the measuring unit comprising a second communication means for communicating with said first communication means.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the parameters measured in the manikin are communicated to the measuring unit, the measuring unit having a storage device for storing the parameters measured at both the measuring unit and the manikin.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the parameters measured in the measuring unit are communicated to the manikin, the manikin having a storage device for storing the parameters measured at both the measuring unit and the manikin.

8. The system according to claim 5, wherein the communication means uses electromagnetic signals.

10. The system according to claim 1, also comprising an external computer, wherein at least one analyzed parameter is stored and can be communicated to the manikin, e.g. during a later training session, thus providing means for adapting the training session to the stored parameter.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the stored parameter is related to the person performing the training, the system being adapted to identify the person and to adapt the next training session to the performing user.

12. A CPR measuring device for use in the system according to claim 1, the CPR measuring device comprising:

communication means for receiving measured data from the manikin;

a storage device for storing information received from the manikin; and

an output interface for communicating stored data from the CPR measuring unit and from the manikin to an external computer, the external computer comprising said analyzing means evaluating the measured parameters, the measuring device also comprising feedback means for providing feedback to the user during a CPR based on said at least second measured parameter measured during the CPR as well as said evaluation of said first and second parameters.

9. The system according to clam 1, wherein said analyzing means is adapted to detect deviations between measurement in the manikin and the CPR measuring unit so as to detect errors in one of them.