Modular CPR assist device
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1. A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
- a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take-up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take-up means operably connected to the belt;
a means for sensing slack take-up, said means for sensing slack take-up being capable of indicating when the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take-up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly around the chest of the patient; and
wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor, the coupling means, and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient.
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Abstract
A system for performing chest compression for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The system includes a motor, drive spool and associated couplings which allow for controlling and limiting the movement of the compressing mechanism and includes a control system for controlling the operation and interaction of the various components to provide for optimal automatic operation of the system.
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53 Claims
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1. A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take-up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take-up means operably connected to the belt;
a means for sensing slack take-up, said means for sensing slack take-up being capable of indicating when the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take-up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly around the chest of the patient; and
wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor, the coupling means, and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 40)
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19. A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take-up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take-up means operably connected to the belt;
a means for sensing slack take-up, said means for sensing slack take-up being capable of indicating when the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a means for braking the motor;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor and the brake;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take-up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly around the chest of the patient;
wherein the controller is further programmed to operate the motor, the coupling means, and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient; and
wherein the controller is further programmed to set a threshold of belt tightness and control the brake to momentarily hold the belt at the threshold of belt tightness, and then to release the belt.
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37. A device for compressing the chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a drive spool operably connected to the belt and adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the drive spool;
a motor operably connected to the drive spool through a coupling, said motor capable of operating the drive spool repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
a current sensor operably connected to the motor, said current sensor adapted to sense current drawn by the motor and transmit a corresponding current signal to the controller;
said controller programmed to operate the motor and drive spool to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the patient'"'"'s chest by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the current signal provided by the current sensor rapidly increases;
said controller further programmed to operate the motor and coupling and drive spool to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient.
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39. A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take up means operably connected to the belt;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
a means for sensing the current drawn by the motor and transmitting a corresponding current signal to the controller;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the current signal provided by the current sensor rapidly increases;
wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor and the coupling means and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient.
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41. A device for compressing the chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a drive spool operably connected to the belt and adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the drive spool;
a motor operably connected to the drive spool through a coupling, said motor capable of operating the drive spool repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
said controller programmed to operate the motor and drive spool to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the patient'"'"'s chest by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the belt is snug about the patient'"'"'s chest, thereby defining a slack take up position of the belt;
said controller further programmed to operate the motor and coupling and drive spool to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient, tighter than the slack take up position, and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient to the slack take up position. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
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a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take up means operably connected to the belt;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
a means for sensing the current drawn by the motor and transmitting a corresponding current signal to the controller;
wherein said controller programmed to operate the motor and drive spool to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the patient'"'"'s chest by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the belt is snug about the patient'"'"'s chest, thereby defining a slack take up position of the belt wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor and the coupling means and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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46. A method of using a chest compression device to determine a slack-limit position of a belt of the chest compression device, said slack-limit position being set to the size of a particular patient, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing the chest compression device, said chest compression device comprising;
a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take-up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take-up means operably connected to the belt;
a means for sensing slack take-up, said means for sensing slack take-up being capable of indicating when the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take-up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly around the chest of the patient;
wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor, the coupling means, and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient;
an encoder operably connected to one of the belt or belt take-up means, so that the encoder is capable of measuring the position of the belt, said encoder being capable of transmitting a belt position signal indicative of the position of the belt to the controller; and
wherein the controller is further programmed, based on the belt position signal, to set a slack-limit position of the belt at the point when the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
placing the belt around the chest of the patient;
taking up the slack of the belt with the means for taking up slack until the means for sensing slack take up indicates that the belt has fit snugly on the chest of the patient, whereby the slack limit position of the belt is defined to be the position of the belt when the belt fits snugly on the chest of the patient.
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47. A method of performing chest compressions, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing the chest compression device, said chest compression device comprising;
a belt adapted to extend around the chest of the patient and fastened on the patient;
a belt take-up means adapted to take up the belt upon rotation of the belt take up means, said belt take-up means operably connected to the belt;
a means for sensing slack take-up, said means for sensing slack take-up being capable of indicating when the belt has fit snugly about the chest of the patient;
a motor operably connected to the belt take up means through a coupling means, said motor capable of operating the belt take up means repeatedly to cause the belt to tighten about the chest of the patient and loosen about the chest of the patient;
a controller for controlling operation of the motor;
wherein said controller is programmed to operate the motor and belt take-up means to take up slack in the belt after initial placement of the belt on the chest of the patient by rotating the motor in a tightening rotation until the means for sensing slack take-up indicates that the belt has fit snugly around the chest of the patient; and
wherein said controller is further programmed to operate the motor, the coupling means, and the belt take up means to cause repeated cycles of tightening of the belt about the chest of the patient and loosening of the belt about the chest of the patient. placing the belt around the chest of the patient;
taking up the slack of the belt with the means for belt take-up until the means for sensing slack take up indicates that the belt has fit snugly on the chest of the patient; and
repeatedly tightening and loosening the belt with belt take-up means.
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