Abstract: This document relates to systems and techniques for providing response to emergency situations, such as traffic accidents, cardiac arrest, or other medical emergencies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2017
Assignee:
ZOLL Medical Corpoaration
Inventors:
Gary A Freeman, Mark Totman, Jon P Coutier, Ulrich Herken, Colin Thomas, Jeffrey Resnick
Abstract: A method for determining a spatial location of at least one patient data gathering device includes the steps of receiving at least one signal from a geolocation system and analyzing the at least one signal to determine the spatial location of the at least one patient data gathering device.
Abstract: A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG) signals into a frequency domain representation comprising a plurality of discrete frequency bands, combining the discrete frequency bands into a plurality of analysis bands, wherein there are fewer analysis bands than discrete frequency bands, determining the content of the analysis bands, and determining the type of treatment based on the content of the analysis bands.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
July 4, 2017
Assignee:
ZOLL Medical Corpoaration
Inventors:
Qing Tan, Gary A. Freeman, Frederick J. Geheb, James E. Brewer