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Medical device with resuscitation prompts depending on elapsed time

  • US 8,135,460 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2009
  • Issued: 03/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external defibrillator for providing a selected treatment protocol to a patient comprising:

  • a connection port capable of receiving electrodes, the electrodes being capable of being attached to a patient so as to provide patient data to the defibrillator; and

    a controller coupled to the connection port, and configured to;

    receive an activation command that has been generated externally from the defibrillator,start a timer function responsive to the received activation command,sample an elapsed time from the timer function, andorder a CPR protocol if the elapsed time is greater than a set time, else order a shock treatment protocol if the elapsed time is less than the set time.

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