29results about "Heart stimulation" patented technology

An ultrasound system includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the ultrasound system to receive a plurality of echocardiogram images at a time of performing a compression, interpret each of the plurality of echocardiogram images, output each of the plurality of echocardiogram images, and generate and output real-time feedback for a quality of compression based on interpreting each of the plurality of echocardiogram images.

An example method is performed by a first medical device and includes generating first data indicating a physiological parameter of a subject; generating a filter configured to remove an artifact associated with a treatment; and generating second data by applying the filter to the first data. The example method further includes determining that a second medical device is administering the treatment to the subject. In response to determining that the second medical device is administering the treatment to the subject, the first medical device outputs an indication that filtering is available; receives an input signal selecting the filtering; and in response to receiving the input signal, displays the second data..

A medical device system for providing sensor data capture includes a medical device that may include one or more removably coupled sensor hubs and that includes a display to provide sensor data and at least one data interface (DI) port that may be a sensor-agnostic DI (SA-DI) port and a data transfer cable that may be compatible with the sensor-agnostic DI port and includes a first electromechanical connector configured to detachably couple to the SA-DI port and a second electromechanical connector configured to couple to the sensor and that includes a cable memory and processor configured to execute stored software to format sensor data according to a protocol of the SA-DI port, an authentication circuit, and a cable isolation device to limit patient leakage current flow from the medical device to the sensor and to electrically isolate the authentication circuit from the cable processor and the cable memory.

A mattress system is provided that is optimized for the hospital setting and includes a guiderail system that accepts a variety of accessories for attachment thereto. The guiderail system may have integrated data lines, power lines, gas lines, and / or fluid lines. Also provided are radioabsorbant shields, trays and other components designed for optimal use with the mattress system.

A defibrillation system employs one or more of a wearable biosensor (40) configured to monitor a ventilation of the patient, a wearable injector (50) configured to administer a medication to the patient, a digital stethoscope (60) configured to monitor a heart of the patient; and ambient sensor (70, 80)(s) configured to monitor ambient sound and / or ambient light. The defibrillation system further employs a defibrillator (20) including a defibrillation controller (21) configured to implement a resuscitation protocol in accordance with one or more of a monitoring of the ventilation of the patient by the wearable biosensor (40), an administering of the medication to the patient by the wearable injector (50), a monitoring of the heart of the patient by the digital stethoscope (60), and a monitoring of one of ambient sound and ambient light by the at least one ambient sensor (70, 80).

An endovascular device for providing at least partial occlusion in a blood vessel in a subject, e.g. for improving Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The device comprises a balloon catheter to be inserted in a blood vessel for inflation therein. To increase the flexibility and safety in use of the device and to enable use under controlled and less controlled environments, the device comprises a first interfacing means configured to connect to a first manually operated inflation means and being in fluid communication with a junction; a second interfacing means configured to connect to a second power controlled inflation means and also being in fluid communication with the junction, and an electronic control unit configured to receive the occlusion parameter from the sensor and to provide an instruction set for manually operated inflation or for automatically operated inflation based on the occlusion parameter.

The present invention relates to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance device comprising: a main body which can be folded and stored and be unfolded, and which has a pressing position part formed at a preset position; a fixing part which is disposed below the pressing position part and which can be coupled to a patient; a position-indicating chip unit disposed on the fixing part; a sensor unit, which is positioned above the position-indicating chip unit, is connected to the main body, and senses the position of the position-indicating chip unit; and a control unit electrically connected to the position-indicating chip unit and the sensor unit. The control unit can generate a notification when the sensor unit is out of a preset radius of the position-indicating chip unit. Therefore, since the sensor unit detects the position of the position-indicating chip unit in real time so as to check whether a pressing position is accurate and a notification is generated when the position is out of the preset radius, and a user can continuously maintain a correct pressing position so as to increase the accuracy of the pressing position, which is a key element of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and thus the survival rate of a patient can be significantly increased.

Systems for safely and efficiently supplying essential organs with oxygen during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as well as methods and endotracheal devices for performing semi-spontaneous positive pressure ventilation, are further described. [Solution] The system consists of at least one limb compression device, a positive pressure ventilation system, an endotracheal tube, a cardiac stimulator, an endotracheal pressure sensor, and a synchronizer, and the method consists of the following: compressing at least one limb device to occlude blood flow to the limb, supplying a mixed gas, providing an endotracheal tube, providing an deployment configuration, providing a retention configuration, running the cardiac stimulator, determining the pressure, and synchronizing the timing. The endotracheal device consists of an elongated tube, a sealing cuff that assumes a deployment configuration and a retention configuration.

An example method is performed by a first medical device and includes generating first data indicating a physiological parameter of a subject; generating a filter configured to remove an artifact associated with a treatment; and generating second data by applying the filter to the first data. The example method further includes determining that a second medical device is administering the treatment to the subject. In response to determining that the second medical device is administering the treatment to the subject, the first medical device outputs an indication that filtering is available; receives an input signal selecting the filtering; and in response to receiving the input signal, displays the second data..

A system and method for aiding in the proper placement of ECG electrodes and other resuscitation parameters. The system includes motion sensors disposed on the ECG electrodes, and a defibrillator control system operable to interpret motion signals from the motions sensors to determine that an electrode is in motion, and thus being handled by rescuer setting up the system for use, and, based on this determination, prompt the rescuer to place the electrode in its intended location on the body of the patient. The control system may also be operable to determine relative motion and / orientation of the motion sensors and control resuscitation based on the relative motion and / orientation of the motion sensors.

In embodiments, a mechanical CPR device includes a piston having a piston rod and a piston sleeve concentric to the piston rod and configured to slide relative to the piston rod in a first direction. The mechanical CPR device can further include a spring device configured to resist movement of the piston sleeve in the first direction, the spring device having a first spring rate from a pretensioned position to a first deflection distance, the spring device having a second spring rate from the first deflection distance to a second deflection distance, the second deflection distance being greater than the first deflection distance, the second spring rate being greater than the first spring rate. Furthermore, the mechanical CPR device can include a driver coupled to the piston and configured to extend the piston toward a chest of a patient and retract the piston away from the chest of the patient.

The methods and systems described herein relate to automatically analyzing arterial pressure waveforms during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using neural networks and other machine learning models or processing methods. The methods and systems may differentially label diastolic and systolic blood pressure coming from chest compression-induced arterial waveforms versus spontaneous heartbeats. In one aspect, a portable device receives arterial pressure data in real time and makes predictions of the systolic pressure and / or diastolic pressure using an on-board machine learning model.

A patient care system includes a backboard assembly configured to be coupled to a patient for concurrent movement therewith. The backboard assembly includes a backboard defining a longitudinal axis, and a patient harness coupled to the backboard for coupling the backboard to the patient. The patient care system also includes a chest compression system configured to provide automatic chest compressions to the patient. The chest compression system includes a driver frame including lateral driver mounts configured to be releasably coupled to the backboard at a plurality of frame mounting positions along the longitudinal axis to support a driver adjacent to the chest of the patient. The patient care system further includes a retainer for releasably coupling the backboard assembly to an intermediate frame of a patient transport apparatus in a coupled state to inhibit movement of the patient and the chest compression system relative to a patient support surface.

A patient care system includes a backboard assembly configured to be coupled to a patient for concurrent movement therewith. The backboard assembly includes a backboard defining a longitudinal axis, and a patient harness coupled to the backboard for coupling the backboard to the patient. The patient care system also includes a chest compression system configured to provide automatic chest compressions to the patient. The chest compression system includes a driver frame including lateral driver mounts configured to be releasably coupled to the backboard at a plurality of frame mounting positions along the longitudinal axis to support a driver adjacent to the chest of the patient. The patient care system further includes a retainer for releasably coupling the backboard assembly to an intermediate frame of a patient transport apparatus in a coupled state to inhibit movement of the patient and the chest compression system relative to a patient support surface.

A thoracic and abdominal combined cardiopulmonary resuscitation device, comprising: a bottom plate (3), and at least two resuscitation mechanisms, each comprising two linear electric motors (2) dispos

A mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device that includes a central unit, a first leg, and a second leg. The central unit includes a compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR compressions to a patient's chest. The first leg is attached to the central unit at an upper end of the first leg. A lower end of the first leg is configured to attach the first leg to a floor supporting a patient by, for example, an adhesive or a suction cup. The second leg is attached to the central unit at an upper end of the second leg. The lower end of the second leg is configured to attach the second leg to the floor supporting the patient by, for example, an adhesive or a suction cup. Other configurations also include features to prevent the legs from lifting off the floor during use of the CPR device.

A system for assisting with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes an active compression decompression (ACD) device configured for a user to push downward and pull upward on a chest of a patient, a sensor to measure force applied to the chest of the patient, a sensor configured to measure displacement of the chest of the patient, one or more processors, and a user interface. The processor is configured to configured to execute computer-executable instructions to determine a maximum compression force applied to the chest of the patient during a compression cycle and a maximum decompression force applied to the chest of the patient during the compression cycle, estimate a displacement value for a total displacement of the chest of the patient during the compression cycle for compressing and decompressing the chest of the patient, and estimate at least one of a compression depth and a decompression displacement for the compression cycle.

The invention relates to a device for assisting in the performance of an emergency care procedure such as chest compressions on a patient's rib cage or pulmonary ventilations, a device comprising: - a measuring device, arranged to measure at least one variable representative of an expected effect of the care procedure and to produce at least one measurement signal, - a signal processing device arranged to extract from at least one measurement signal at least one quality parameter relating to a quality of the care procedure performed, - a communication device arranged to receive data from another device for assisting in the performance of another emergency care procedure, said data comprising at least one piece of information,a parameter or instruction for an assistance device characterized in that the signal processing device is arranged to process at least one measurement signal based on data received from the other assistance device. The invention also relates to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance system comprising a compression assistance device and a ventilation assistance device intended for use by at least two separate persons. Finally, the invention relates to a display method associated with the assistance system. Abstract figure: Figure 1,

The methods and systems described herein relate to automatically analyzing arterial pressure waveforms during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using neural networks and other machine learning models or processing methods. The methods and systems may differentially label diastolic and systolic blood pressure coming from chest compression- induced arterial waveforms versus spontaneous heartbeats. In one aspect, a portable device receives arterial pressure data in real time and makes predictions of the systolic pressure and / or diastolic pressure using an on-board machine learning model.

A method for performing CPR using a mobile defibrillator (AED) unit can include detecting, via an application on a user device, a connection of the mobile AED unit to the user device; detecting, via the application, that a pad has been attached to a subject, the pad including at least one accelerometer; recording, via the application, EKG measurements of the subject taken by the pad; receiving accelerometer data from the at least one accelerometer; analyzing the accelerometer data to determine a breathing pattern of the subject; and initiating a CPR protocol based on the determined breathing pattern.

A cardiopulmonary resuscitation airway pressure automatic feedback ventilation method and a ventilator. The method includes: obtaining the current airway pressure signal when compressing the heart of the target individual at a preset sampling frequency; dynamically correcting the current airway pressure signal based on body parameters of the target individual to obtain the target airway pressure signal; continuously analyzing the target airway pressure signal to obtain the compression frequency, compression phase, and signal information for the target individual; training a machine learning model with preset compression parameters and ventilation rule parameters; inputting the compression frequency, compression phase, and signal information for the target individual, and mode setting parameters of the ventilation equipment, into the machine learning model to determine the ventilation probability and ventilation time window of the target airway pressure signal, and controlling the ventilation equipment to perform automatic ventilation on the target individual according to the ventilation time window.

A defibrillation system employs one or more of a wearable biosensor (40) configured to monitor a ventilation of the patient, a wearable injector (50) configured to administer a medication to the patient, a digital stethoscope (60) configured to monitor a heart of the patient; and ambient sensor (70, 80)(s) configured to monitor ambient sound and / or ambient light. The defibrillation system further employs a defibrillator (20) including a defibrillation controller (21) configured to implement a resuscitation protocol in accordance with one or more of a monitoring of the ventilation of the patient by the wearable biosensor (40), an administering of the medication to the patient by the wearable injector (50), a monitoring of the heart of the patient by the digital stethoscope (60), and a monitoring of one of ambient sound and ambient light by the at least one ambient sensor (70, 80).

A mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device that includes a central housing, a telescoping piston, and a driving component. The telescoping piston includes an outer piston sleeve structured to move toward and away from the patient's torso and toward and away from the central housing. The proximal end of the outer piston sleeve is configured to remain within the central housing when the telescoping piston extends from the central housing. The telescoping piston includes an inner piston sleeve within the outer piston sleeve that is structured to move relative to the outer piston sleeve toward and away from the patient's torso. The proximal end of the inner piston sleeve is configured extend beyond the central housing when the telescoping piston extends from the central housing. The driving component is configured to drive the telescoping piston to extend toward the patient's torso and retract the telescoping piston from the patient's torso.