US 10,702,449 B2 · CPR chest compression machines performing compressions at different chest locations

Abstract

A CPR chest compression machine includes a retention structure that is configured to retain a body of the patient, and a compression mechanism. The compression mechanism is coupled to the retention structure and configured to perform successive compressions to the patient's chest. Various types of chest compressions may be performed on a patient during a single resuscitation event. Some embodiments also include a driver configured to drive the compression mechanism. The compression mechanism may thus perform chest compressions that differ from each other in a number of aspects, for example the depth of the compressions or the height of the active decompressions between the compressions. Some embodiments also include an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism may shift the compression mechanism with respect to the patient so that the chest compressions are performed at different locations of the patient's chest.

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Dependent claims

A machine configured to perform successive Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (“CPR”) chest compressions on a patient, the machine comprising:

a retention structure configured to retain a body of the patient;
a compression mechanism coupled to the retention structure, the compression mechanism configured to perform successive CPR compressions to a chest of the patient as the patient's body is thus retained;
and
an adjustment mechanism coupled to the retention structure and configured to shift one of the retained patient body and the compression mechanism with respect to the other so that the body can be retained, with respect to the compression mechanism, at a first position or at a second position distinct from the first position, and
in which a first one of the compressions is performed, while the body is retained at the first position, at a first location of the chest, and
then a second one of the compressions is performed, while the body is retained at the second position by the adjustment mechanism, at a second location of the chest distinct from the first location and at least 12 mm away from the first location.

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A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (“CPR”) compression machine having a retention structure, a compression mechanism configured to perform successive CPR compressions to a chest of a patient, and an adjustment mechanism, they result in:

retaining a body of the patient by the retention structure at a first position with respect to the compression mechanism;
performing, by the compression mechanism while the body is maintained at the first position, a first one of the compressions at a first location of the chest;
then shifting, by the adjustment mechanism, one of the body and the compression mechanism with respect to the other so that the body becomes retained, with respect to the compression mechanism, at a second position distinct from the first position;
and
then performing a second one of the compressions, while the body is maintained at the second position, at a second location of the chest distinct from the first location and at least 12 mm away from the first location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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