Patents Assigned to Physio-Control, Inc.
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Publication number: 20240065934Abstract: In embodiments, a CPR chest compression system includes a retention structure that can retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism that can perform automatically CPR compressions and releases to the patient's chest. The compression mechanism can pause the performing of the CPR compressions for a short time, so that an attendant can check the patient. The CPR system can include a user interface that can output a human-perceptible check patient prompt, to alert an attendant to check the patient during the pause. The compression mechanism can during a CPR session retreat a distance away from the patient's chest whereby the patient's chest can expand without active decompression of the patient's chest beyond the chest's natural resting position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Erik von Schenck, Anders Nilsson, Sara Lindroth, Jonas Lagerström, Bjarne Madsen Härdig, Thomas Falk
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Patent number: 11911606Abstract: Technologies and implementations for a defibrillator electrode having communicative capabilities are generally disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Jennifer Jensen, Jennifer Hoss, Mitchell Smith, Kenneth J. Peterson, Maren Nelson, Andres Belalcazar, Daniel W. Piraino, John Knapinski, Matthew Bielstein, Ethan Albright, Jeffery Edwards, Paul Tamura
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Patent number: 11865351Abstract: A wearable cardioverter defibrillator system includes a support structure that a patient can wear. The system also includes electrodes that contact the patient, and define two or more channels from which ECG signals are sensed. A processor may evaluate the channels by analyzing their respective ECG signals, to determine which contains less noise than the other(s). The analysis can be by extracting statistics from the ECG signals, optionally after first processing them, and then by comparing these statistics. These statistics may include tall peak counts, amplitudes of peaks compared to historical peak amplitudes, signal baseline shift, dwell time near a baseline, narrow peak counts, zero crossings counts, determined heart rates, and so on. Once the less noisy signal is identified, its channel can be followed preferentially or to the exclusion of other channels, for continuing monitoring and/or determining whether to shock the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Jaeho Kim, Joseph L. Sullivan, Robert Marx
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Patent number: 11850208Abstract: In embodiments, a CPR chest compression system includes a retention structure that can retain the patient's body, and a compression mechanism that can perform automatically CPR compressions and releases to the patient's chest. The compression mechanism can pause the performing of the CPR compressions for a short time, so that an attendant can check the patient. The CPR system can include a user interface that can output a human-perceptible check patient prompt, to alert an attendant to check the patient during the pause. The compression mechanism can during a CPR session retreat a distance away from the patient's chest whereby the patient's chest can expand without active decompression of the patient's chest beyond the chest's natural resting position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Erik von Schenck, Anders Nilsson, Sara Lindroth, Jonas Lagerström, Bjarne Madsen Härdig, Thomas Falk
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Patent number: 11850209Abstract: The disclosed mechanical cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) apparatuses, systems, and devices have a plunger and a plunger displace sensor that can sense plunger displacement information during reciprocating cycles of the plunger. The disclosure CPR apparatuses, systems, and devices also have a microprocessor unit that can receive sensed plunger displacement information from the sensor and generate plunger driving instructions based on the plunger displacement information. The plunger driving instructions have one or both of a plunger driving force and a plunger amplitude for the reciprocating cycles.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Peter Sebelius
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Patent number: 11844607Abstract: A capnograph system may be used together with a ventilation system for a patient. The capnograph system may include a capnography module with a carbon dioxide detector, which may generate a carbon dioxide signal responsive to an amount of carbon dioxide detected within an air path of the ventilation system. A monitoring circuit may further detect a pressure within the air path. A processing component within the capnography module may generate a pressure signal responsive to the pressure detected in the air path. The pressure signal, alone or in combination with other signals such as the carbon dioxide signal, may be used to detect spontaneous breaths of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventor: Fred W. Chapman
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Patent number: 11844743Abstract: A CPR device having a base member configured to be placed underneath a patient, a chest compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to the patient, a support leg configured to support the chest compression mechanism at a distance from the base member, a clamp mechanism coupled to the support leg, and a release mechanism coupled to the support leg and the clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism is configured to attach the support leg to a lock component of the base member in a latch-closed configuration and to release the support leg from the lock component in a latch-open configuration. The clamp mechanism is further configured to transition from the latch-closed configuration to the latch-open configuration when the lock component of the base member impacts an external portion of the clamp mechanism without the release mechanism being pulled away from the base member.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventor: Thomas Falk
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Patent number: 11832914Abstract: An example method is performed by a computing device executing instructions stored in data storage, and includes receiving physiologic monitoring data from a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient, receiving information indicating a measurement of patient motion during the patient care event, determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above a threshold, based on determining whether the measurement of patient motion is above the threshold, generating, for the physiologic monitoring data, a respective quality indicator, analyzing, by the computing device, (i) a combination of the physiologic monitoring data from the plurality of sensors and (ii) the respective quality indicator for the physiologic monitoring data to generate a response dependent upon the combination of the physiologic monitoring data as weighted by the respective quality indicator, and based on analyzing, outputting caregiver feedback by the computing device according to the response.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Clinton T. Siedenburg, Tyson G. Taylor, Robert G. Walker, Fred W. Chapman
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Patent number: 11833106Abstract: A medical device uses UWB units to infer a position of an adjunct positioned in proximity to an exterior portion of a patient's body. The position information can be used to provide CPR feedback to a rescuer. In other applications, the position information can be used to provide prompts to a user to change the position of the adjunct.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Robert G. Walker, Robert P. Marx, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230381061Abstract: A CPR feedback system, software and methods are provided. A top height sensor can be used to track the height of the patient's chest during the CPR chest compressions, by detecting a top aspect of its location. A depth module may generate, from a detected top aspect, a depth value for a depth reached by a current compression. A counter may determine a compressions number, e.g. for the current compression. A memory may store a depth variable that can return different target values for the target depths of individual compressions. A user interface has an output device that may output an indication for the rescuer, which reflects how well the depth value of the current compression matched a corresponding target value for it. The target values may be set so as to follow a preset profile, or change according to optional measurements of force and other parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Fred William Chapman, Gary Debardi
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Patent number: 11830613Abstract: A prehospital telemedicine system comprises a physiologic monitor; an electronic patient care reporting system (ePCR) system; and a point-of-care blood analyzer communicatively coupled to the physiologic monitor and the ePCR system. The point-of-care blood analyzer is configured to perform an analysis of a blood sample based on an indication of a need for a specific blood analysis provided by one of the physiologic monitor and the ePCR system, and to automatically transmit a result of the analysis to a remote data receiving system. The indication of a need for a specific blood analysis may be based upon any one of the following: vital signs data obtained for a patient by the physiologic monitor; and/or current documentation or past medical history captured on or available through the ePCR system.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Robert G. Walker, Tyson G. Taylor, Alexander Esibov, Mitchell A. Smith
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Patent number: 11822777Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods relate to utilizing an electronic caliper to analyze an electronic electrocardiogram (ECG). An example method for includes outputting, by a display, an electronic ECG within a graphical user interface (GUI). An electronic caliper is output, by the display, as overlaid on the electronic ECG within the GUI. The electronic caliper includes a first electronic tip and a second electronic tip. The method further includes receiving, by a user input device, a user input signal and moving, based on the user input signal, the first electronic tip, the second electronic tip, or both the first electronic tip and the second electronic tip, relative to the electronic ECG within the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Blaine Krusor, Ronald E. Stickney, Michelle Liu, Christina Mason, Mike Chambers, Mark Rutzer, Jose Daniel Martinez Galan, Jason Fouts, Lisa Spencer
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Publication number: 20230355468Abstract: A CPR machine (100) is configured to perform, on a patient's (182) chest, compressions that alternate with releases. The CPR machine includes a compression mechanism (148), and a driver system (141) configured to drive the compression mechanism. A force sensing system (149) may sense a compression force, and the driving can be adjusted accordingly if there is a surprise. For instance, driving may have been automatic according to a motion-time profile, which is adjusted if the compression force is not as expected (850). An optional chest-lifting device (152) may lift the chest between the compressions, to assist actively the decompression of the chest. A lifting force may be sensed, and the motion-time profile can be adjusted if the compression force or the lifting force is not as expected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC.Inventors: Anders Nilsson, Jonas Lagerstrom, Bo Mellberg, Anders Jeppsson, Marcus Ehrstedt, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Fredrik Arnwald, Erik von Schenck, Paul Rasmusson, Sara Lindroth, Fred Chapman, Ryan Landon, Mitchell A. Smith, Steven B. Duke, Krystyna Szul, Gregory T. Kavounas
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Patent number: 11792554Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods include electronic devices attached to a patient or object that transmit data to other devices over a secure communication channel. The devices can track and/or monitor object(s) and/or patient(s) and transmit the tracked and/or monitored data to other electronic devices. Such data can include monitored patient physiological parameter(s) received and/or sensed by the device, for example. A master of the two devices transmits a communication signal to another device that, in response, initiates a secure wireless communication channel, causes one or more modules on the device to be powered, and, when powered, transmits the tracked and/or sensed physiological data over the secure wireless communication channel to the master device. Some example master devices transmit the communication signal with an instruction to the device to activate an onboard power source that later may be disconnected after the tracked and/or physiological data is transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Robert Greenewald, Ryan W. Apperson, Craig Windish, Matthew Lawrence Bielstein
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Patent number: D1004947Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Ethan Albright, Peter Wesley Bristol
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Patent number: D1007426Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Alviar, Ryan Peter Bowman, Cathlene Buchanan, Kristina Edmonson, Brendan Greetham, Jeremy Wong, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Christian Schneider
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Patent number: D1007438Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Alviar, Ryan Peter Bowman, Neal Stanley Clark, Zack Pahlman, Jeremy Wong, John Depillo
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Patent number: D1008966Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Alviar, Ryan Bowman, Cathlene Buchanan, Kristina Edmonson, Brendan Greetham, Jeremy Wong, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Christian Schneider
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Patent number: RE49764Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a medical device, such as a defibrillator, for use with an accessory capable of collecting a parameter of a patient. The medical device is capable of at least performing a basic functionality, an advanced functionality, and of defibrillating the patient. The medical device includes an energy storage module within a housing for storing an electrical charge that is to be delivered to the patient for the defibrillating. The medical device includes a processor structured to determine whether a data set received from the accessory confirms or not a preset authentication criterion about the accessory. Although when the accessory is coupled to the housing the medical device is capable of the defibrillating and the basic functionality, the medical device is capable of the advanced functionality only when the accessory is coupled to the housing and it is determined that the preset authentication criterion is confirmed. Embodiments also include methods of operation and a programmed solution.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Nova
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Patent number: D1013640Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Alviar, Neal Clark, Barry Curtin, Neil McIlvaine, Peter Nazaroff, Zack Pahlman, Jeremy Wong, Christian Schneider