System for control of multiple defibrillation therapies
AssigneePhysio-Control, Inc.
InventorsMatthew L. Bielstein, Ryan W. Apperson, Reza Sharif, Kenneth P. Holmes, Wendy L. Warne
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Abstract
A defibrillation system that includes a first defibrillation device and a second defibrillation device. The first defibrillation device including a therapy module, a communication module, a physiological parameter module and a timing control unit. The second defibrillation device including a therapy module and a communication module. The timing control unit configured to output an instruction to cause the therapy module of the first defibrillator and the therapy module of the second defibrillator to each discharge an energy delivery according to a timing relationship.
Claims20
An external medical device system, comprising:
- a first therapy module;
- a second therapy module;
- a timing control unit electrically coupled to the first therapy module and the second therapy module, the timing control unit configured to:
- in response to receiving patient treatment data indicative of a shockable heart rhythm, determine at least two energy deliveries based on the received patient treatment data, the at least two energy deliveries having a timing relationship relative to each other;
- generate an instruction for the first therapy module to discharge a first shock at a first energy and for the second therapy module to discharge a second shock at a second energy according to the timing relationship.
The patient defibrillation system, comprising:
- a first defibrillation device, including
- a first therapy module configured to output a first shock having a first leading edge, a first lagging edge and a first duration,
- a first communication module,
- a physiological parameter module configured to cause a physiological output based on one or more physiological parameters of a patient,
- a timing control unit coupled to the first therapy module, the first communication module and the physiological parameter module, the timing control unit configured to output an instruction in response to the physiological output, the instruction based on a timing relationship causing output of the first shock by the first therapy module and further configured to cause at least a portion of the instruction to be transmitted by the first communication module;
- a second defibrillation device, including
- a second therapy module configured to output a second shock energy having a second leading edge, a second lagging edge and a second duration, and
- a second communication module communicatively coupled to the first communication module of the first defibrillation device and the second therapy module;
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- the at least a portion of the instruction received by the second communication module causing output of the second shock energy by the second therapy module, such that one or more of the second leading edge, the second lagging edge and the second duration occurs relative to one or more of the first leading edge, the first lagging edge and the first duration based on the timing relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.