Wearable therapeutic device
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsThomas E Kaib, Shane S Volpe, Emil Oskin
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Abstract
A wearable therapeutic device includes a first therapy electrode and a second therapy electrode, each configured to be electrically coupled to an external defibrillator; and a garment configured to house the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode. The garment is configured to releasably receive a replaceable receptacle configured to store a conductive gel in a location proximate to at least one of the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode. The garment is configured to releasably receive a receptacle control unit. The receptacle control unit is separate from the replaceable receptacle. The receptacle control unit is configured to activate deployment of the stored conductive gel from the replaceable receptacle.
Claims17
A wearable therapeutic device comprising:
- an external defibrillator configured to monitor electrical heart activity of a patient;
- a first therapy electrode and a second therapy electrode, each configured to be electrically coupled to the external defibrillator;
- and
- a garment configured to house the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode,
- wherein the garment is further configured to releasably receive a plurality of replaceable receptacles configured to store a conductive gel in locations proximate to the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode;
- and
- a plurality of receptacle control units each associated with and separate from each of the plurality of replaceable receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacle control units comprising
- a gas cartridge, and
- at least one circuit operatively coupled to the gas cartridge and configured to control a release of the stored conductive gel of the associated one of the plurality of replaceable receptacles by igniting the gas cartridge to cause the release of the conductive gel upon information being communicated from the external defibrillator to each of the plurality of receptacle control units,
- each of the plurality of receptacle control units being coupled to an associated one of the plurality of replaceable receptacles via a connector and configured to activate deployment of the stored conductive gel from the connected one of the plurality of replaceable receptacles.
A wearable therapeutic system, comprising
- a garment configured to be worn about a torso of a patient;
- and
- an external defibrillator configured to monitor electrical heart activity of the patient, comprising
- a first therapy electrode and a second therapy electrode disposed in the garment, each configured to be electrically coupled to the external defibrillator,
- a plurality of receptacle control units coupled to the garment, each of the plurality of receptacle control units being configured to activate deployment of conductive gel, each of the plurality of receptacle control units comprising
- a gas cartridge, and
- at least one circuit operatively coupled to the gas cartridge and configured to control a release of the stored conductive gel by igniting the gas cartridge to cause deployment of the conductive gel upon information being communicated from the external defibrillator to each of the plurality of receptacle control units, and
- a plurality of replaceable receptacles each coupled to an associated one of the plurality of receptacle control units via a connector, the plurality of replaceable receptacles releasably disposed within the garment and configured to
- store the conductive gel in a location proximate to the first therapy electrode and the second therapy electrode,
- wherein each of the plurality of receptacle control units is separate from each of the associated one of the plurality of replaceable receptacles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.