Rescue scene video transmission
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorZiad F. Elghazzawi
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Abstract
A defibrillator or monitoring system may comprise a defibrillator, at least one video camera configured to acquire a video of a subject being treated by the defibrillator, a data collection unit configured to collect data associated with the subject, a communications unit configured to establish a communication channel between the defibrillator system and an emergency response center; and a processing unit configured to cause transmission to the emergency response center of at least one of the video of the subject and the data associated with the subject.
Claims26
(canceled)
A monitoring and defibrillation system for assisting a caregiver in treating a subject and acquiring images and video of the subject during an emergency, the system comprising:
- a video camera configured to acquire one or more still images and real-time video of the subject during the emergency;
- a data collection unit configured to collect data comprising at least ECG signals, SpO2 levels and blood pressure of the subject;
- a communications unit configured to establish a communication channel with a remote location;
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- at least one processor communicatively coupled with the video camera, the data collection unit and the communications unit, the at least one processor configured to:
- establish at least one of cellular or wireless communication channel with the remote location,
- transmit the ECG signals, SpO2 levels and blood pressure of the subject to the remote location,
- transmit the acquired one or more still images of the subject to the remote location,
- determine, before transmitting the real-time video of the subject to the remote location, an available bandwidth of the communication channel, and
- if the available bandwidth exceeds a predetermined threshold bandwidth, transmit the real-time video of the subject to the remote location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.