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US 2014/0276269 A1Published application
CPR Gurney
AssigneeZoll Circulation, Inc.
InventorUday Kiran V. Illindala
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Abstract
A mechanical chest compression device is secured to a gurney, transport stretcher or ambulance cot while engaging a patient's thorax to provide mechanical CPR during transport. The mechanical chest compression device compresses the patient's thorax against the gurney deck. The mechanical chest compression device may engage the side rails on the gurney, the gurney deck or any suitable structural elements of the gurney.
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An apparatus for transporting and treating a patient comprising:
- a gurney frame supporting a rigid gurney deck;
- at least two side rails movably secured to the gurney frame;
- a piston driven chest compression device for repetitively compressing the chest of a patient, the piston driven chest compression device comprising:
- a chest compression unit to drive a piston, the chest compression unit and piston are supported by two legs, each of the two legs engaging one of the at least two side rails with the piston apposing the patient's chest.
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An apparatus for transporting and treating a patient comprising:
- a gurney frame supporting a generally planar rigid patient support platform;
- at least two access ports through the patient support platform;
- a piston driven chest compression device for repetitively compressing the chest of a patient, the piston driven chest compression device comprising:
- a chest compression unit to drive a piston, the chest compression unit and piston are supported by two legs, each of the two legs extending through the access ports to engage the wheeled gurney frame with the piston apposing the patient's chest.
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A method for transporting and treating a patient comprising the steps:
- providing a gurney frame supporting a rigid gurney deck;
- providing at least two side rails movably secured to the gurney frame;
- providing a piston driven chest compression device for repetitively compressing the chest of a patient with a chest compression unit driving a piston, the chest compression unit is supported by at least two legs, each of the two legs engaging one of the at least two side rails with the piston apposing the patient's chest;
- placing the patient supine on the gurney deck;
- securing the means for mechanically compressing the chest of the patient to the at least two side rails with the piston apposing the patient's chest;
- activating the means for mechanically compressing the chest to repetitively perform chest compressions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.