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US 12,728,070 B2Granted
Head up CPR device with integrated ventilator
AssigneeResuscitation Innovations LLC
InventorsKeith G. Lurie, Anja Metzger, Philip Tetzlaff, Wayne Seibrecht
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Abstract
A head up CPR system may include a base and an upper support coupled with the base and configured to elevate a patient's upper body. The system may include a chest compression device that is coupleable with one or both of the base and the upper support and a positive pressure ventilation system that is coupleable with the base.
Claims19
A head up CPR system, comprising:
- a base;
- an upper support coupled with the base and configured to elevate a patient's upper body;
- a chest compression device that is couplable with one or both of the base and the upper support;
- and
- a positive pressure ventilation system that is structurally mountable to the base, wherein:
- the positive pressure ventilation system comprises a resuscitator bag and an automated resuscitator bag compressor;
- and
- the resuscitator bag is removable from the automated resuscitator bag compressor for operation in a manual mode.
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A method of increasing the probability of survival with good brain function in a sudden cardiac arrest patient, comprising:
- positioning a patient on a head up CPR system such that a chest compression device of the head up CPR system is aligned with the patient's heart;
- elevating a portion of the patient's upper body;
- performing chest compressions and active chest decompression on the patient using a chest compression device of the head up CPR system while the portion of the patient's upper body is elevated;
- and
- delivering positive pressure ventilations using a positive pressure ventilation device of the head up CPR system, wherein:
- the positive pressure ventilation device is structurally mounted to a base of the head up CPR system;
- the positive pressure ventilation system comprises a resuscitator bag and an automated resuscitator bag compressor;
- and
- the resuscitator bag is removable from the automated resuscitator bag compressor for operation in a manual mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.