Defibrillator communication system
First Claim
1. A utility module external to a patient, and having no independent defibrillation capability, the utility module comprising:
- a communication module configured to transmit data from the utility module; and
a module processor configured to control the communication module, wherein;
the module processor is configured to execute an instance of an event service that provides data communications between the utility module and an external device having no independent defibrillation capability, via a server;
the module processor is further configured to control data communications between the utility module and a separate external defibrillator; and
the defibrillator comprises an energy storage device configured to store a defibrillation charge and a defibrillator processor configured to control when to apply the defibrillation charge to defibrillate the patient.
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Abstract
A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.
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35 Claims
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1. A utility module external to a patient, and having no independent defibrillation capability, the utility module comprising:
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a communication module configured to transmit data from the utility module; and a module processor configured to control the communication module, wherein; the module processor is configured to execute an instance of an event service that provides data communications between the utility module and an external device having no independent defibrillation capability, via a server; the module processor is further configured to control data communications between the utility module and a separate external defibrillator; and the defibrillator comprises an energy storage device configured to store a defibrillation charge and a defibrillator processor configured to control when to apply the defibrillation charge to defibrillate the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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15. A utility module external to a patient, and having no independent defibrillation capability, the utility module comprising:
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a communication module configured to; transmit first data received from a separate external defibrillator to one or more external devices having no independent defibrillation capability, the first data including information relating to coaching of a user of the defibrillator by the one or more external devices without communicating through the defibrillator; and transmit second data received from the one or more external devices to the defibrillator, wherein the defibrillator comprises an energy storage device configured to store a defibrillation charge and a defibrillator processor configured to control when to apply the defibrillation charge to defibrillate the patient; and a module processor configured to control the communication module, the processor configured to execute an instance of an event service that controls the transmission of the first data to the one or more external devices and the transmission of the second data to the defibrillator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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20. A method comprising:
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polling an external defibrillator from a utility module, wherein; the defibrillator comprises an energy storage device configured to store a defibrillation charge and a defibrillator processor; the utility module is external to a patient, is separate from the defibrillator, and has no independent defibrillation capability; and the utility module comprises a module processor separate from the defibrillator processor, and configured to determine the existence of data residing in the defibrillator from the polling of the defibrillator; selecting, at the utility module, a type of the data for the defibrillator to transmit, wherein the data comprises patient data; commanding, from the utility module, transmission of the selected data by the defibrillator to the utility module; and transmitting the selected data to one or more external devices via a server to enhance defibrillation of the patient, wherein the one or more external devices have no independent defibrillation capability. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 34, 35)
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