Defibrillators
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1. A defibrillator comprising:
- electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate;
a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes;
on a portion of the defibrillator control box, a series of graphics configured to prompt a caregiver to perform a sequence of steps appropriate for treating a victim of suspected cardiac arrest,electronics configured to acquire data from the electrodes, and electronics configured to illuminate at least some of the light sources in a sequence based at least in part on the data acquired from the electrodes.
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Abstract
Defibrillators are provided that include a graphical user interface to assist a caregiver in administering resuscitation.
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15 Claims
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1. A defibrillator comprising:
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electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate; a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes; on a portion of the defibrillator control box, a series of graphics configured to prompt a caregiver to perform a sequence of steps appropriate for treating a victim of suspected cardiac arrest, electronics configured to acquire data from the electrodes, and electronics configured to illuminate at least some of the light sources in a sequence based at least in part on the data acquired from the electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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4. A defibrillator comprising:
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electrodes configured to be attached to a patient, to acquire data indicative of the patient'"'"'s heart rhythm and to deliver a defibrillating shock if appropriate; a defibrillator control box connected to the electrodes; and on a portion of the defibrillator control box, a series of graphics configured to prompt a caregiver to perform a sequence of steps appropriate for treating a victim of suspected cardiac arrest, further comprising buttons, associated with at least some of the graphics, and electronics which, when the buttons are pressed, provide audio prompts related to the associated graphic to be output by the defibrillator.
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5. A system for prompting a caregiver in a resuscitation sequence for a patient who may be suffering from cardiac arrest, comprising
electrodes constructed to acquire data, indicative of the heart rhythm of the patient and indicative of whether the electrodes are properly placed on the patient, a defibrillator control box capable of being activated and delivering a shock to the patient through the electrodes, the control box being connected to the electrodes, and being constructed to analyze data received from the electrodes and to measure the time elapsed since the defibrillator control box was activated by the caregiver or since the last shock was delivered to the patient; - and
a user interface constructed to display information concerning the appropriate step of the resuscitation sequence to be performed by the caregiver at a particular time, based on the data received from the electrodes and the elapsed time.
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