Active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest compression feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701295-B2
Application number	US-202117344343-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods related to the field of cardiac resuscitation, and in particular to devices for assisting rescuers in performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are described herein. The system includes an applicator device configured to provide ACD CPR treatment to a patient's chest according to a plurality of phases at least one sensor configured to be coupled to the patient's chest and to measure at least one parameter related to the ACD CPR treatment and information for determining whether at least one transition point of the ACD CPR treatment has been reached; and one or more processors configured to provide a feedback signal based on a parameter for administering ACD CPR treatment to the patient's chest according to a desired treatment protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing an active compression decompression (ACD) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a patient in need of emergency assistance, the method comprising:
receiving, from at least one sensor coupled to the patient's chest, data comprising a displacement of at least a portion of the patient's chest and a force applied by an applicator device during the ACD CPR treatment, wherein the ACD CPR treatment comprises phases, the phases comprising at least an elevated compression phase, a non-elevated compression phase, an elevated decompression phase, and a non-elevated decompression phase;
processing the data comprising the displacement and the force during the ACD CPR treatment;
identifying a neutral point associated with a zero force being exerted on the patient's chest during a cycle of the ACD CPR treatment, the cycle comprising a continuous variation from a non-elevated compressed chest position during the non-elevated compression phase to an elevated decompressed chest position during the elevated decompression phase, wherein the neutral point changes over a course of the ACD CPR treatment;
determining, based on the neutral point, whether a transition point between a current phase and a next phase in the ACD CPR treatment has been reached; and

in response to determining that the transition point between the current phase and the next phase has been reached, automatically adjusting one or more application parameters for the applicator device to correspond to a subsequent phase of the ACD CPR treatment.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:
providing an output for the applicator device to apply the force on the patient's chest according to the one or more application parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the neutral point indicates a transition between an elevated position of the patient's chest above the neutral point and a non-elevated position of the patient's chest below the neutral point.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein automatically adjusting one or more application parameters of the applicator device comprises:
providing a signal for operating an automated compressor of the applicator device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining whether the at least one transition point has been reached comprises evaluating at least one of distance information and force information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more application parameters comprise a release velocity during decompression upstroke for providing a negative intrathoracic pressure according to a treatment protocol.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more application parameters comprise the force to be applied to the patient's chest during decompression upstroke according to a desired treatment protocol.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more application parameters comprise a distance above the neutral point and a depth of compression below the neutral point.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more application parameters comprise at least one of displacement, velocity, acceleration, time, work, power, pressure, direction and orientation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one transition point is at least one of between an elevated compression phase and a non-elevated compression phase, between the elevated decompression phase and the elevated compression phase, between the elevated decompression phase and a hold time above the neutral point, and between a hold time above the neutral point and the elevated compression phase.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the hold time is between about 50-200 milliseconds.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one transition point is at least one of between the non-elevated compression phase and the non-elevated decompression phase, between the non-elevated compression phase and a hold time below the neutral point, and between hold time below the neutral point and the non-elevated decompression phase.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the hold time is between about 50-200 milliseconds.

14. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
selecting the hold time based on one or more physiological parameters.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one transition point is between the non-elevated decompression phase and the elevated decompression phase.

16. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
displaying the one or more application parameters during the ACD CPR treatment.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein displaying the one or more application parameters during the ACD CPR treatment comprises:
displaying at least one of information representing effectiveness of CPR and an indication of a phase of the ACD CPR treatment.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zero force comprises zero static compression force and zero static decompression force being exerted on to the patient's chest during the ACD CPR treatment.

19. A system for managing an active compression decompression (ACD) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment to a patient in need of emergency assistance, the system comprising:
an applicator device configured to provide the ACD CPR treatment to the patient's chest according to phases, the phases comprising at least an elevated compression phase, a non-elevated compression phase, an elevated decompression phase, and a non-elevated decompression phase;
at least one sensor configured to be coupled to the patient's chest and to measure a displacement of at least a portion of the patient's chest and a force applied by the applicator device during the ACD CPR treatment; and
one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
processing the displacement and the force during the ACD CPR treatment,
identifying a neutral point associated with a zero force being exerted on the patient's chest during a cycle of the ACD CPR treatment, the cycle comprising a continuous variation from a non-elevated compressed chest position during the non-elevated compression phase to an elevated decompressed chest position during the elevated decompression phase, wherein the neutral point changes over a course of the ACD CPR treatment,
determining, based on the neutral point, whether at least one transition point between a current phase and a next phase in the ACD CPR treatment has been reached, and
in response to determining that the transition point between the current phase and the next phase in the ACD CPR treatment has been reached, adjusting one or more application parameters for the applicator device to correspond to a subsequent phase of the ACD CPR treatment.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the applicator device comprises a piston configured to apply the force on the at least the portion of the patient's chest according to the one or more application parameters.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises a motion sensor and a force sensor.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the motion sensor measures information for determining whether the at least one transition point of the ACD CPR treatment has been reached.

23. The system of claim 21 , wherein the motion sensor comprises one or more accelerometers configured to detect an acceleration signal associated with the displacement of the at least the portion of the pati

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Freeman Gary A
• Johnson Guy R
• Homuth James R
• Lurie Keith
• Metzger Anja

Classifications

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• A61H31/005 Primary

  with feedback for the user · CPC title

• A61H31/02

  Iron lungs · CPC title

• G16H20/30 Primary

  relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising · CPC title

• G16H20/40

  relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture · CPC title