Defibrillator paddles with lighted shock buttons
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsSimon Edward Kozin, Anthony Matheson
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Abstract
An improved method that incorporates a user interface for a defibrillator (100) capable of being used with paddle electrodes (180) and adhesive pad electrodes (190). A shock delivery button (110) located on the defibrillator control panel delivers a shock through the pad electrodes. A second shock delivery button (210), located on the paddle electrodes, delivers a shock through the paddle electrodes. Both shock delivery buttons are configured with the same shape, operation and illumination in order to reduce user confusion.
Claims5
A method of enabling a defibrillator for delivering therapy, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first shock delivery button on a user control panel disposed on the defibrillator;
- electrically coupling a paddle electrode having a second shock delivery button to the defibrillator;
- electrically coupling an adhesive electrode to the defibrillator;
- sensing which of the paddle electrode and the adhesive electrode has been coupled to the defibrillator in the electrically coupling steps;
- based upon the sensing step, performing one of the substeps of:
- if the paddle electrode is coupled to the defibrillator and the adhesive electrode is not coupled to the defibrillator, disabling the first shock delivery button,
- if the adhesive electrode is coupled to the defibrillator,
- enabling the first shock delivery button;
- sensing the deploying of the paddle electrode;
- and
- enabling the second shock delivery button based on the sensed deploying step,
- wherein each of the first shock delivery button and the second shock delivery button have a first shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.