Self contained transportable life support system
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1. A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient, the system comprising:
- a) an environmentally controlled housing;
for receiving and supporting a patient;
b) a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing;
c) a control circuit attached to the housing, at least a portion of the control circuit extending to an external surface of the housing, for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient; and
d) wherein the control circuit is further operative to regulate the medical devices in accordance with an assigned priority status and modify the assigned priority status of the medical devices in response to the patient'"'"'s life support conditions.
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Abstract
A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient has an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient and a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing. A control circuit attached to the housing has at least a portion thereof extending to an external surface of the housing for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions of within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient.
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1. A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient, the system comprising:
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a) an environmentally controlled housing;
for receiving and supporting a patient;
b) a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing;
c) a control circuit attached to the housing, at least a portion of the control circuit extending to an external surface of the housing, for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient; and
d) wherein the control circuit is further operative to regulate the medical devices in accordance with an assigned priority status and modify the assigned priority status of the medical devices in response to the patient'"'"'s life support conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for transporting a patient while providing life support therefor, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) controlling an environment within a transportable housing configured to receive and support the patient;
b) providing a plurality of medical devices within the housing to facilitate resuscitation and stabilization of the patient;
c) regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient, the medical devices further being regulated such that application thereof conforms with an assigned priority status of the medical devices; and
d) modifying the assigned priority status of the medical devices in response to the monitored life support conditions. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient, the system comprising:
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a) an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient;
b) a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing;
c) a control circuit attached to the housing, at least a portion of the control circuit extending to an external surface of the housing, for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient; and
d) EMI shielding positioned about the control circuit and medical devices for minimizing electromagnetic interference.
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62. A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient, the system comprising:
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a) an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient;
b) a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing;
c) a control circuit attached to the housing, at least a portion of the control circuit extending to an external surface of the housing, for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient; and
d) a memory and display apparatus for collecting and displaying synchronized data indicative of the environmental conditions and monitored life support conditions of the patient utilizing a common time reference.
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63. A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient, the system comprising:
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a) an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient;
b) a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing;
c) a control circuit attached to the housing, at least a portion of the control circuit extending to an external surface of the housing, for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient; and
d) a common power-bus for uniformly distributing power to the medical devices disposed within the housing.
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