Motion actuated AED communicator

• US 9,717,925 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2014
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Thompson, Catherine Ann, King, Marty
• Primary Examiner(s): FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN
• Application Number:
  US15/030,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20160250492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3987 characterised by the timing or triggering of the shock
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3993 User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A motion sensitive communicator (40) employs an assembly of a wireless phone (41), a motion sensor (44) and a battery (45). In operation, the motion sensor (44) power couples the battery (45) to the wireless phone (41) responsive to a sensing of any movement of a portable defibrillator (20) supporting the communicator (40). A power coupling of the battery (45) to the wireless phone (41) automatically activates the wireless phone (41) to register to a wireless network, and an activation of the wireless phone (41) enables the wireless phone (41) to execute a call to an emergency service center over the wireless network responsive to a manual actuation of the wireless phone (41). The battery (45) is power decoupled from the wireless phone (41) responsive to an absence of a call from the wireless phone (41) to the emergency service center within a time period initiated by a power coupling of the battery (45) to the wireless phone (41).

Claims

1. A motion sensitive communicator adapted to be supported by a housing of a portable defibrillator, the motion sensitive communicator comprising:

an assembly of a wireless phone, a motion sensor and a battery,

wherein the motion sensor is operable to power couple the battery to the wireless phone responsive to the motion sensor sensing of any movement, relative to a surface of the earth, of the portable defibrillator in which the motion sensitive communicator is supported by the housing of the portable defibrillator,

wherein responsive to a power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone, the wireless phone automatically activates the wireless phone to register to a wireless network, and

wherein responsive to an activation of the wireless phone, via the power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone, the wireless phone is configured to (i) execute a call to an emergency service center over the wireless network in response to a manual actuation via a phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone for executing the call to the emergency service center, and (ii) not execute the call to the emergency service center in response to no manual actuation via the phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone,

and further wherein the wireless phone is configured (i) to initiate a time period in response to the power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone and (ii) to power decouple the batter from the wireless phone in response to an absence of the manual actuation via the phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone for executing the call from the wireless phone to the emergency service center within the time period.

2. The motion sensitive communicator of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes an accelerometer.

3. The motion sensitive communicator of claim 1, further comprising:

a switch operable by the motion sensor to connect the battery to the wireless phone for power coupling the battery to the wireless phone.

4. The motion sensitive communicator of claim 1,

wherein the wireless phone is a cellular phone, and

wherein the wireless network is a cellular network.

5. The motion sensitive communicator of claim 1, wherein the wireless phone is operable to detect a global location of the motion sensitive communicator.

6. A defibrillation device, comprising:

a portable defibrillator enclosed within a housing; and

a motion sensitive communicator supported by the housing, the motion sensitive communicator including an assembly of a wireless phone, a motion sensor and a battery,

wherein the motion sensor is operable to power couple the battery to the wireless phone responsive to the motion sensor sensing of any movement, relative to a surface of the earth, of the portable defibrillator in which the motion sensitive communicator is supported by the housing of the portable defibrillator,

wherein responsive to a power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone, the wireless phone automatically activates the wireless phone to register to a wireless network, and

wherein responsive to an activation of the wireless phone, via the power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone, the wireless phone is configured to (i) execute a call to an emergency service center over the wireless network in response to a manual actuation via a phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone for executing the call to the emergency service center, and (ii) not execute the call to the emergency service center in response to no manual actuation via the phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone,

and further wherein the wireless phone is configured (i) to initiate a time period in response to the power coupling of the battery to the wireless phone and (ii) to power decouple the battery from the wireless phone in response to an absence of the manual actuation via the phone actuator or rescue button of the wireless phone for executing the call from the wireless phone to the emergency service center within the time period.

7. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein the motion sensor includes an accelerometer.

8. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein motion sensitive communicator further includes a switch operable by the motion sensor to selectively connect the battery to the wireless phone for power coupling the battery to the wireless phone.

9. The defibrillation device of claim 6,

wherein the wireless phone is a cellular phone, and

wherein the wireless network is a cellular network.

10. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein the wireless phone is operable to detect a global location of the motion sensitive communicator.

11. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein the portable defibrillator includes an electrocardiogram monitor operable to measure electrical activity of a heartbeat of a patient.

12. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein the portable defibrillator includes a defibrillation controller operable to control a delivery of electric energy to a heart of a patient responsive to a measurement of the electrical activity of a heartbeat of the patient.

13. The defibrillation device of claim 6, wherein the portable defibrillator includes a shock source operable to deliver electric energy to a heart of a patient.