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US 12,751,895 B2Granted
Automated chest compression device
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsNikhil S Joshi, Melanie L Harris, Byron J Reynolds
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Abstract
A device for compressing the chest of a cardiac arrest victim.
Claims8
A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
- a platform for placement under a thorax of the patient;
- a compression belt adapted to extend over an anterior chest wall of the patient, the belt comprising a right belt end and a left belt end;
- a drive train comprising a right drive spool and a left drive spool;
- a motor operably connected to the belt through the drive train, the motor operatively coupled to the drive train to cause the belt to tighten and loosen about the thorax of the patient,
- wherein the right belt end and the left belt end are directly and releasably attachable to the right drive spool and left drive spool, respectively, at corresponding attachment points that are accessible from anterior or lateral sides of the platform, while the platform is disposed under the patient.
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A device for compressing a chest of a patient comprising:
- a platform for placement under a thorax of the patient, the platform defining an anterior/posterior axis corresponding to an anterior/posterior axis of the patient;
- a compression belt adapted to extend over an anterior chest wall of the patient, the belt comprising right and left belt ends;
- right and left drive spools laterally displaced from an inferior/superior axis of the platform, the right and left belt ends directly detachable from the right and left drive spools, respectively, while the platform remains positioned under the patient, the right and left drive spools rotatable to wind the right and left belt ends posteriorly, for repeatedly tightening and loosening the belt around the chest of the patient;
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- a motor operably connected to the right and left drive spools to rotate the right and left drive spools.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.