Automated cpr chest compression device

Abstract

An automated chest compression device has a shaped actuator rotatably mounted about a shaft and a chest compression plate configured to move linearly based on the shape of the actuator, wherein engagement of the actuator with the chest compression plate converts rotary motion of the actuator into linear motion of the chest compression plate, and whereby, when the device is positioned against the chest of a patient in need of CPR, rotation of the actuator causes the chest compression plate to move linearly in a direction towards and away from the patient's chest and to thereby induce compression and to allow decompression, respectively, of the patient's chest.

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