# US 11,298,557 B2 · Method and system for locating a defibrillator

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- Number: US 11,298,557 B2
- Document ID: US11298557B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/484,125
- Filed: 2018-02-08
- Published: 2020-01-16
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2017-02-10
- Applicants: G-Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd; Zeev Rotstein
- Inventors: Nir Geva; Zeev Rotstein
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298557B2

## CPC

- A61N 1/39: Heart defibrillators
- A61N 1/3904: {External heart defibrillators [EHD]}
- A61B 5/061: {Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from the probe, e.g. sensing internal probe position employing impedance electrodes on the surface of the body (A61B1/00158 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/4836: {Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods (A61B5/0036 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/7405: {using sound}
- A61B 5/747: {in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services}
- G16H 40/67: for remote operation
- A61B 5/002: {Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building (A61B5/0017 takes precedence)}
- A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet}
- A61B 5/743: {Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots}
- A61B 2560/0242: adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
- A61N 1/3925: {Monitoring; Protecting}
- A61N 1/3993: {User interfaces for automatic external defibrillators}
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A defibrillator that may include circuitry for supplying a dose of electric current to a heart of a patient; and a location device; wherein the location device comprises a controller for controlling the location device, a receiver for receiving a location request, and a location response unit for generating a location response; wherein the location response is indicative of a location of the defibrillator.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A defibrillator comprising:
circuitry for supplying a dose of electric current to a heart of a patient; and a location device;
wherein the location device comprises a controller for controlling the location device, a receiver for receiving a location request, and a location response unit for generating a location response;
wherein the location response is indicative of a location of the defibrillator;
wherein the location response unit comprises a sensor for sensing an ambient condition; wherein the location response unit is arranged to select the location response based on the ambient condition sensed by the sensor;
wherein the ambient condition is electromagnetic interferences and wherein the location response unit is arranged to sense electromagnetic interferences that exceeds a threshold and to output a visual location response or an audio location response, wherein the visual location response or the audio location response is sent instead of a location response that is aimed to another device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response comprises instructions for finding the defibrillator that once fed to a navigation application causes the navigation application to display navigation information for guiding a person towards the defibrillator.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response comprises an indication of the location of the defibrillator.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response comprises coordinates of the defibrillator.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response comprises a location of an object that is nearby the defibrillator.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response unit is arranged to change any parameter of the location response based on the ambient condition.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response unit is arranged to change any parameter of the location response based on a time of the location request.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1, wherein the location response unit is arranged to select a type of location response based on the ambient condition.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1 wherein the defibrillator is arranged to retrieve or receive health information about the patient; and to configure the circuitry according to the health information.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The defibrillator according to claim 1 wherein the receiver is arranged to receive the location request over a carrier frequency that is allocated to an emergency service.

### Claim 11

A method for assisting in locating a defibrillator, the method comprises receiving a location request, by a receiver of location device that is associated with a defibrillator; and generating, by a location response unit of the location device, a location response that is indicative of a location of the defibrillator, wherein the defibrillator comprises circuitry for supplying a dose of electric current to a heart of a patient; wherein the location response unit comprises a sensor for sensing an ambient condition;
wherein the location response unit is arranged to select the location response based on the ambient condition sensed by the sensor; wherein the ambient condition is electromagnetic interference.