System for respiratory emergencies

• US 8,973,574 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2010
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inovytec Medical Solutions Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Inovytec Medical Solutions Ltd.
• Inventors: Matalon, Dror, Kantor, Ehud
• Primary Examiner(s): Dixon, Annette
• Application Number:
  US13/381,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20120097158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,707 Days
• Field of Search: 128/200.24, 128/202.28, 128/204.18, 128/204.21, 128/204.23, 12820513-20517, 128/205.23, 128/205.25, 128/845, 563/2, 564/4, 565/53, 563/3, 563/4, 607/5
• US Class Current: 128/202.18
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/01 Emergency care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• 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 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/087 Measuring breath flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/70 Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or recording means
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1215 with patient airway positioning devices guiding means for tracheal tubes A61M16/0488
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/46 for temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0027 pressure meter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0039 in the inspiratory circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0007 introduced into the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/332 Force measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 : Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/205 : partial oxygen pressure (P-O2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/30 : Blood pressure A61M2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/42 : Rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/432 : partial CO2 pressure (P-CO2)
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 : Motion, e.g. physical activity

Abstract

A portable resuscitation system is provided. The system includes a housing for enclosing a ventilation device and a vital signs tracking device. The housing is anatomically designed for use as a neck support for opening an airway of a subject in a supine position and optionally includes mechanism for modifying the height or angle of the neck support.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a ventilation device; and

a vital signs tracking device;

an airway opening device; and

a housing enclosing the ventilation device, the housing shaped as a neck support and further including on its upper surface a head rest designed for accepting the neck of a subject and supporting it in an extended position;

wherein the system is configured to facilitate an opening of an airway of the subject in a supine position using the airway opening device, by alerting or instructing a user upon an attempt to open an airway

wherein the alerting or instructing is based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked by the vital signs tracking device during the attempt to open an airway; and

wherein the housing comprises a mechanism to change at least one of the shape of the headrest, the height of the headrest, the position of the housing, and the angle of the housing, for modifying a head angle of the subject when in said supine position.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation device is further configured, upon a successful opening of an airway, to supply oxygen to the subject such that oxygen supply is sufficient, based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked during oxygen supply.

3. The system according to claim 1 further configured, upon a successful opening of an airway, to supply oxygen to the subject and to alert the user whenever the oxygen supply is non-satisfactory, based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked during oxygen supply.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a communications unit configured to:

(i) transmit data collected via said vital signs tracking device to a remote location and (ii) receive data and/or instructions from the remote location.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the transmission of collected data from the system, and the receipt of the data and/or instructions from the remote location are carried out automatically.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is further configured to record over time the tracked vital signs of the subject and treatment carried out by the user, for later analysis.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a location tracking unit for determining a geographic location of the system.

8. The system according claim 1, wherein said mechanism is operated manually by the user in accordance with instructions presented by the system which are further based on the tracked vital signs.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said mechanism is operated automatically based on the tracked vital signs.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said mechanism includes a motor, a servo or an inflatable bladder.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said ventilation device includes a pressurized oxygen source and a face mask.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said ventilation device includes a respiration sensor.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said respiration sensor is positioned in a reservoir of said face mask.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein data from said respiration sensor is useable for determining a respiration parameter that is at least on of:

inspiration/expiration ratio, respiration rate, and respiratory volume.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vital signs tracking device is configured to track at least one of:

a respiration rate, a heart rate, blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood oxygenation.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a recess at a top surface thereof, said recess being designed for accommodating a neck of said subject in a manner which extends said neck to open an airway of said subject.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein said vital signs tracking device is configured as a wrist cuff.