Reporting the status for an external defibrillator with an audible report in response to a specified user input

• US 20020087195A1
• Filed: 12/28/2000
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Agilent Technologies Europe BV (Agilent Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hansen, Kim J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,871,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/5
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3904 External heart defibrillators [EHD]

Abstract

A defibrillator system including a defibrillator and at least one indicator including at least one visual indicator and/or at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an indication of a functional status of the defibrillator periodically and/or on command by a user.

Claims

1. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator; and

at least one indicator comprising at least one of at least one visual indicator and at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for periodically generating at least one of an audible and a visual indication of a functional status of the defibrillator.

2. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the functional status comprises a power level of a power source for the defibrillator.

3. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one indicator comprises at least one light source.

4. The defibrillator system according to claim 3, wherein the at least one light source periodically blinks to indicate the functional status of the defibrillator.

5. The defibrillator system according to claim 4, wherein at least one of a frequency of the blinking and a color of the at least one light source varies with the functional status of the defibrillator.

6. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a frequency of the generation, a pitch, and a volume of the audible signal varies with the functional status of the defibrillator.

7. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the audible indicator generates words to indicate status.

8. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one indicator comprises an audible indicator that generates an audible signal to indicate a non-optimal status of the defibrillator.

9. The defibrillator system according to claim 8, wherein the audible indicator generates words to indicate a non-optimal status.

10. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one user triggered indicator for indicating a functional status of the defibrillator, the user-triggered indicator comprising at least one user activated trigger for initiating a query of the functional status of the defibrillator.

11. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, wherein the trigger comprises at least one button that a user depresses to initiate the query of functional status of the defibrillator.

12. The defibrillator system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of a combination, a sequence, and a duration of pressing of the at least one button initiates the query.

13. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one indicator indicates results of the query.

14. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, further comprising:

at least one display for indicating the results of the query.

15. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, further comprising:

a memory structure for recording results of the query of the functional status of the defibrillator.

16. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one user-activated trigger initiates the query with the defibrillator turned off.

17. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, wherein different colors of the indicator indicate the functional status of the defibrillator.

18. The defibrillator system according to claim 10, wherein the trigger is remote from the defibrillator.

19. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a memory structure for recording functional status of the defibrillator.

20. The defibrillator system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one indicator indicates the functional status of the defibrillator with the defibrillator turned off.

21. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator; and

at least one indicator comprising at least one of at least one visual indicator and at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating at least one of a visual indication and an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a user inquiry.

22. The defibrillator system according to claim 21, wherein the at least one indicator also periodically visually and/or audibly indicates a functional status of the defibrillator.