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

• US 6,871,093 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2000
• Issued: 03/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Hansen, Kim J.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACYNA, J CASIMER
• Application Number:
  US09/749,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20020087195A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 607/5, 607/10, 607/4, 607/27, 607/29
• 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 audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry,

wherein the functional status comprises a power level of a power source for the defibrillator.

2. 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;

wherein the at least one indicator comprises a light source, and

further wherein the at least one light source periodically blinks to indicate the functional status of the defibrillator, and

still further 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.

3. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator, and

at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry,

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.

4. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator, and

at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry,

wherein the at least one indicator comprises an audible indicator that generates an audible signal to indicate a non-optimal status of the defibrillator.

5. The defibrillator system according to claim 4, wherein the audible indicator generates words to indicate a non-optimal status.

6. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator,

at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry,

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, and

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

7. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator,

at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry,

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,

wherein different colors of the indicator indicate the functional status of the defibrillator.

8. A defibrillator system, comprising:

a defibrillator,

at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for generating an audible indication of a functional status of the defibrillator in response to a real-time user-triggered inquiry, and

a memory structure for recording functional status of the defibrillator.