US 2026/0263319 A1 · BACKBOARD FOR CPR DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE INFLATABLE CHAMBERS

Abstract

A backboard for a mechanical CPR device has a backplate having a footprint. The backboard also has a first inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the first inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a shoulder of a patient and a top side of an extended arm of the patient. The backboard also has a second inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the second inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a side of the patient and an underside of the extended arm of the patient.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A backboard for a mechanical CPR device, the backboard comprising:

a backplate having a footprint;
a first inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the first inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a shoulder of a patient and a top side of an extended arm of the patient;
and
a second inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the second inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a side of the patient and an underside of the extended arm of the patient.

1 more element

A mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device for applying CPR chest compressions to a chest of a patient, the mechanical CPR device comprising:

a backboard, including:
a backplate having a footprint;
a first inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the first inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a shoulder of a patient and a top side of an extended arm of the patient;
a second inflatable chamber coupled to the backplate, the second inflatable chamber, when inflated, configured to extend away from the backplate snugly against a side of the patient and an underside of the extended arm of the patient;
and
a restraint configured to secure the patient to the mechanical CPR device, the restraint configured to interface with a nape the patient's neck.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/555,215Filed 3 Mar 2026

Priority

10 Mar 2025

Published

10 Sep 2026

Term ends

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Classification34 codes

A61H 31/008
Artificial respiration by a force applied to the chest; Heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage: supine patient supports or bases, e.g. improving…
A61H 9/0078
Pneumatic massage: with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs
A61H 31/004
Artificial respiration by a force applied to the chest; Heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage: heart stimulation
A61H 31/005
Heart stimulation: with feedback for the user

Backboard for cpr device having multiple inflatable chambers

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Backboard for cpr device having multiple inflatable chambers

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Abstract

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