External defibrillator enclosure with accessory storage slot

An external defibrillator in combination with an electrode pad assembly, comprising:

• a first panel and a second panel, the first and second panels mated together and secured, the first and second panels containing defibrillator electronics therebetween;
• a plate secured to the second panel, the plate and the second panel cooperating to define an enclosed volume accessed by a slot;
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• an electrode pad assembly including an electrode pad portion containing electrode pads, at least a portion of the electrode pads positioned in the enclosed volume through the slot and removable from the enclosed volume through the slot,
• the electrode pad assembly further including an electrical cable with an electrical connector, the electrical cable extending from the electrode pads and out through the electrode pad portion to the electrical connector located outside the electrode pad portion,
• wherein the first panel has an exterior surface and the second panel has an exterior surface and one of the exterior surfaces comprises a temporary holding device for releasably securing the electrical cable to that exterior surface, the holding device being outside of the enclosed volume, and the electrical cable positioned therein.

In combination, an electrode pad assembly and an external defibrillator, comprising:

• an enclosure confining defibrillator electronics and defining an enclosed volume accessed by a slot;
• a connector port connected to the defibrillator electronics and located outside the enclosed volume;
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• an electrode pad assembly including an electrode pad portion containing electrode pads, at least a portion of the electrode pads positioned in the enclosed volume through the slot and removable from the enclosed volume through the slot, the electrode pad assembly further having an electrical cable with an electrical connector, the electrical cable extending from the electrode pads and out through the electrode pad portion to the electrical connector, the electrical connector located outside the electrode pad portion and connected to the connector port.

An external defibrillator in combination with an electrode pad assembly, comprising:

• an enclosure confining defibrillator electronics and defining an enclosed volume accessed by a slot;
• a connector port connected to the defibrillator electronics and located outside the enclosed volume;
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• an electrode pad assembly including an electrode pad portion containing electrode pads, at least a portion of the electrode pads positioned in the enclosed volume through the slot and removable from the enclosed volume through the slot, the electrode pad assembly further having an electrical cable extending from the electrode pads and out through the electrode pad portion to an electrical connector,
• wherein the enclosure has an exterior surface, a holding device for releasably securing the electrical cable being on the exterior surface and the electrical cable is positioned in the holding device.