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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
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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 airwaywherein 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.

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