DEFIBRILLATION ELECTRODE PAD AND PACKAGE THEREFOR

• US 3,685,645 A
• Filed: 08/17/1970
• Issued: 08/22/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harold H. Kawaguchi
• Original Assignee: Harold H. Kawaguchi
• Inventors: Kawaguchi, Harold H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Summer, Leonard
• Application Number:
  US05/064,207
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 206/63.2R,56AA,56AB,47A 128/2.6E,417
• US Class Current: 206/210
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/30 Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/5805 for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3261 Flexible containers having several compartments

Abstract

Absorbent pads soaked with a conductive solution are packaged in moistureproof packages in a manner which assures easy access to the pads under the emergency conditions normally associated with the use of defibrillation equipment. Two separate moistureproof containers in the form of plastic bags are sealed together with each bag containing a soaked pad. The two bags are so arranged and interconnected that the user can easily retrieve the pads for immediate application to the chest of a victim.

Claims

1. A defibrillation electrode pad and package combination comprising:

a. a foldable package having two watertight pockets and a connecting portion therebetween;

b. said connecting portion being bendable along a transverse line whereby said package can be folded so that the pockets lie against one another;

c. said package further having a transverse tear line across each of said pockets and parallel to said transverse fold line whereby when folded said connecting portion can be torn away along said tear lines to open said pockets simultaneously; and

d. a defibrillation electrode pad soaked in an electrically conductive solution contained in each of said pockets.

2. A defibrillation electrode pad and package combination comprising a package having two watertight pockets and a connecting portion therebetween, said connecting portion being bendable along a transverse line and scored on each side of said transverse line whereby said pockets can be separated and opened simultaneously by tearing across said connecting portion, and a defibrillation electrode pad held in a conductive solution in each of said pockets.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said connecting portion is scored along parallel lines intersecting the respective pockets and is foldable between said lines so that said pockets lie flat against one another and said connecting portion is thereby positioned along one edge of the package to be gripped and torn away to open said pockets simultaneously.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said package is formed of plastic walls welded together along peripheral lines defining said pockets, and wherein a weld line extends across said connecting portion between said score lines.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said score lines extend across an edge of the electrode pad contained in each pocket whereby said pads are exposed for gripping when said connecting portion is removed.