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US 10,245,209 B2Granted
Systems and methods for gravity-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation
OwnerKeith G. Lurieinventor
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Abstract
Increasing blood circulation, lowering intracranial pressure, and increasing cerebral perfusion pressure during the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by gravity-assist due to elevation of one or both of the torso and head of an individual.
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A method, comprising:
- performing CPR with at least the head of an individual elevated by bending the individual at the waist to at least 20 degrees relative to horizontal while the individual's legs are generally aligned with a horizontal plane, wherein CPR is performed with an automated device that compresses the chest while the head is elevated;
- and
- interfacing a device for regulating the intrathoracic pressure with the individual:
- wherein the automated device includes a band that is positioned around the thorax of the individual;
- wherein the band around the thorax tightens with each compression and relaxes with each decompression, and
- wherein the band around the thorax tightens when at least the head is elevated.
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A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), comprising:
- elevating one or both of the torso and head of an individual to an angle of at least twenty degrees as measured between a surface that supports at least a portion of the torso and a level reference surface to lower intracranial pressure and increase cerebral perfusion pressure;
- repeatedly compressing the individual's chest while the individual's torso or head is elevated and while the individual's legs are generally aligned with a horizontal plane;
- interfacing a device for regulating an intrathoracic pressure with the individual;
- and
- regulating the intrathoracic pressure of the individual while performing CPR to create a negative pressure within the chest during a release phase of CPR.
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A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), comprising:
- elevating one or both of the torso and head of an individual to an angle of at least twenty degrees as measured between a surface that supports at least a portion of the torso and a level reference surface to lower intracranial pressure by bending the individual at the waist;
- interfacing a pressure regulation device with the individual to create a negative pressure within the chest during a release phase of CPR;
- providing intermittent positive pressure ventilation;
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- repeatedly compressing the chest while interfacing the pressure regulation device with the individual while one or both of the torso and head is elevated and while the individual's legs are generally aligned with a horizontal plane to increase the individual's perfusion pressure while reducing or lowering intracranial pressure.
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