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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-11-21
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Granted: 1986-04-22
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Expires: 2004-11-21
Abstract
Abstract A portable self-powered electronic cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting system includes a keyboard on the front panel for turning the apparatus on, identifying the nature of the victim, the number of rescuers, whether mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is to be given and whether the victim is conscious or unconscious. The cabinet also includes an LCD display for furnishing visual information to the rescuer and a loudspeaker for providing audible intelligible prompts that are reproduced phonemes originating with a speech synthesizer LSI chip using the PARCOR method in response to signals provided by a microcomputer that processes the information indicated by the keyboard entries.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald C. Hutchins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 07:32
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61H; A61H31/00; A61H31/004; A61H31/005; A61H31/007; G; G09; G09B; G09B23/00; G09B23/28; G09B23/288; A61H2201/00; A61H2201/50; A61H2201/5007; A61H2201/501; A61H2201/5023; A61H2201/5043; A61H2201/5048; A61M; A61M16/00; A61M16/0048
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising, keying means for entering information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising, keying means for entering information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means responsive to the keyed information signals includes electronic speech synthesizing apparatus for providing voice signals identifying the cardiopulmonary resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus in accordance with claim 2 and further comprising circuit timing means for providing voice prompts at the exact time a particular cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure step is to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
82 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus in accordance with claim 1 and further comprising a portable case supporting said apparatus, said case also supporting a source of electrical energy for powering said apparatus, said case having a front panel, said keying means comprising a keyboard on said front panel including means for turning said apparatus on, means for identifying the nature of a victim, means for identifying the number of said rescue personnel, and means for identifying whether the victim is conscious or unconscious.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation prompting apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said case also includes an LCD display for furnishing visual information to the rescue personnel.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
220 words
A method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with cardiopulmonary resiscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising, keying means for entering information signals relative to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating a victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken, which method includes the steps of, actuating said keying means to enter information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, processing the keyed information signals to provide output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, converting said output signals into audio signals corresponding to audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, and applying said audio signals to said electroacoustical transducing means to provide audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
220 words
A method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with cardiopulmonary resiscitation prompting apparatus for providing audible verbal guidance to rescue personnel trained in CPR under emergency conditions for aiding a victim requiring CPR techniques comprising, keying means for entering information signals relative to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, means responsive to the keyed information signals for providing output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating a victim, and electroacoustical transducing means responsive to said output signals for providing audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken, which method includes the steps of, actuating said keying means to enter information signals representative at least of characteristics of said victim and the number of said rescue personnel relevant to proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, processing the keyed information signals to provide output signals representative of proper steps to be taken in resuscitating said victim, converting said output signals into audio signals corresponding to audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim, and applying said audio signals to said electroacoustical transducing means to provide audible intelligible sound signals representative of the proper resuscitation steps to be taken by said rescue personnel in resuscitating said victim.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method in accordance with claim 6 and further including the steps of, listening to said audible intelligible sound signals, and treating said victim in accordance with the audible intelligible sound signals provided by said electroacoustical transducing means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method in accordance with claim 6 wherein said audible intelligible sound signals include voice prompts at the exact time a particular cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure step is to be taken, and taking the particular cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure step associated with an identifying voice prompt at substantially the exact time such a voice prompt occurs.
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