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US 10,300,266 B2Granted
Systems and methods for conductive gel deployment
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsThomas E. Kaib, Gary A. Freeman, Phillip Hier Amsler
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Abstract
An electrode system includes a gel deployment receptacle configured to release a conductive gel onto a body of a subject and a fluid pump in fluid communication with the gel deployment receptacle.
Claims24
A therapy electrode system comprising:
- a plurality of therapy electrodes configured to deliver one or more therapeutic shocks to a patient, each of the plurality of therapy electrodes comprising:
- a shell defining a gel chamber;
- a bladder disposed within the gel chamber and housing a conductive gel;
- a fluid inlet in fluid communication with an internal volume of the gel chamber and an external surface of the bladder;
- a plurality of shell apertures defined in the shell;
- and
- a gel conduit in fluid communication with the bladder and the plurality of shell apertures;
- a common distribution node;
- and
- a fluid pump coupled to the common distribution node and in fluid communication with the fluid inlet of each of the plurality of therapy electrodes.
7 more elements
An electrode system comprising:
- a plurality of electrodes configured to at least one of detect a cardiac signal from a patient and deliver one or more therapeutic shocks to the patient, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising:
- a shell defining a gel chamber;
- a bladder disposed within the gel chamber and housing a conductive gel;
- a fluid inlet in fluid communication with an internal volume of the gel chamber and an external surface of the bladder;
- a plurality of shell apertures defined in the shell;
- and
- a gel conduit in fluid communication with the bladder and the plurality of shell apertures;
- a common distribution node coupled to each of the plurality of electrodes;
- and
- a fluid pump disposed in the common distribution node and in fluid communication with the fluid inlet of each of the plurality of electrodes.
7 more elements
An electrode system comprising:
- a gel deployment receptacle configured to release a conductive gel onto a body of a subject, the gel deployment receptacle including a shell defining a gel chamber, the conductive gel being housed within a bladder disposed within the gel chamber;
- and
- a fluid pump in fluid communication with the gel deployment receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.