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CPR device with pressure bladder feedback

  • US 7,056,296 B2
  • Filed: 06/17/2003
  • Issued: 06/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for compressing the chest of a patient, said device comprising:

  • a platform upon which a patient can rest;

    a belt operably connected to the platform and adapted to extend at least partially around the chest of the patient, said belt further adapted for anterior-posterior compression of the patient;

    a motor operatively connected to the belt, wherein the motor is capable of driving the belt with sufficient force such that the belt can compress the chest of the patient;

    a first drive spool operatively attached to the motor and to the belt;

    a second drive spool operatively attached to the motor and to the belt, wherein the first drive spool is disposed on a first side of a rolling mechanism and the second drive spool is disposed on a second side of the rolling mechanism that is opposite the first side;

    a first spindle operably connected to the platform;

    wherein the belt is disposed around the patient and then around the spindle; and

    a bladder disposed between the belt and the patient, said bladder being filled with a pressure transmitting medium.

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