Determination for effective defibrillation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9180304-B2
Application number	US-201414483377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2014
Priority date	Nov 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 10, 2015
Grant date	Nov 10, 2015

Abstract

A method for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac is disclosed and involves monitoring, with an external defibrillator, multiple parameters of the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance; determining from at least one of the parameters, an indication of trans-thoracic impedance of the person receiving emergency cardiac care; determining, from at least one of the parameters corresponding to an electrocardiogram of the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance, an initial indication of likely shock effectiveness; determining, as a function of at least the indication of trans-thoracic impedance and the initial indication of likely shock effectiveness, an indication of whether a shock provided to the person receiving emergency medical assistance will be effective; and affecting control of the defibrillator by a caregiver as a result of determining the indication of whether a shock will be effective.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance, the method comprising:
monitoring, with an external defibrillator, multiple parameters of the person receiving emergency cardiac assistance;
determining from at least one of the parameters, a value of trans-thoracic impedance of the person receiving emergency cardiac care;
determining, from at least one of the monitored parameters corresponding to an electrocardiogram of the…

Assignees

• Zoll Medical Corp

Inventors

• Quan Weilun
• Tan Qing
• Freeman Gary A

Classifications

• A61N1/3925 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/3987

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/3937 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61N1/3993

  Human Necessities · mapped topic