Patents Represented by Law Firm K. David Crockett, Esq. Crockett & Crockett
  • Patent number: 6142962
    Abstract: A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a motorized spool assembly which repeatedly tightens the belt and relaxes the belt to provide repeated and rapid chest compression. An assembly includes various resuscitation devices including chest compression devices, defibrillation devices, and airway management devices, along with communications devices and senses with initiate communications with emergency medical personnel automatically upon use of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Emergency Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Mollenauer, Darren R. Sherman, Steven R. Bystrom, Cameron Miner