Portable emergency oxygen and automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy system

• US 6,327,497 B1
• Filed: 09/11/1998
• Issued: 12/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Life Corporation
• Original Assignee: Life Corporation
• Inventors: Turner, Richard C., Kirchgeorg, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Schaetzle, Kennedy
• Application Number:
  US09/151,300
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 600/301, 600/300, 600/368, 600/323, 600/509, 600/529, 607/5, 607/2, 607/3, 607/81, 128/897, 206/571, 206/572, 206/363
• US Class Current: 607/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0431 Portable apparatus, e.g. comprising a handle or case
• 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 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1477 non-invasive
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/024 including calculation means, e.g. using a processor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]

Abstract

This invention provides a medical diagnosis and therapy system particularly adapted for the combined uses of emergency cardiac defibrillation and pulmonary oxygen administration, including automated patient cardiopulmonary assessment and voice prompted therapy and resuscitation: electrocardio diagnosis/monitoring/defibrillation and electropulmonary blood oximetry/oxygen administration. The system has a case having access opening(s) and clear cover(s) to view the apparatus and contents, to dispel all doubt as to know how to open the case and to make it easy for a user to quickly find and use the various components.

Claims

1. A hand-held multi-component emergency medical system, comprising;

a breathable oxygen delivery system;

a defibrillation system; and

a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system and said defibrillation system.

3. A system as claimed in claims 1 or 2, further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system.

4. A system as claimed in claims 1 or 2, further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system and said oxygen delivery system.

2. A hand-held multi-component emergency medical system, comprising;

a breathable oxygen delivery system;

a oximetry system;

a defibrillation system; and

a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system, said oximetry system and said defibrillation system.

5. A system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system, said oxygen delivery system and said oximetry system.

6. A system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a control processor for controlling operations of at least said defibrillation system, said voice prompting system and said oximetry system.

7. A system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said control processor further controls said oxygen delivery system.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a feedback control from said oximetry system to said oxygen delivery system to regulate oxygen delivery.

9. A system as claimed in claim 8, further including a display system coupled to said oximetry system.

10. A system as claimed in claim 8, further including means for modal control of said oxygen delivery system, for switching or prompting a user to switch said oxygen delivery system between a variable flow rate/pressure cyclic ventilator mode and a fixed flow rate mode.