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System and method for detecting out-of-hospital cardiac emergencies and summoning emergency assistance
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-01-22
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Granted: 1993-07-20
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Expires: 2011-01-22
Abstract
Abstract A monitoring system uses infrared photoplethysmography to monitor the pulse of a person wearing a wrist unit, and the wrist unit sends RF signals which describe his heart condition to a base unit. If the wrist unit detects a cardiac arrest or if the wearer manually signals an emergency, both the wrist and the base units sound local alarms. The base unit also telephones others outside of the user's home to alert them to the emergency. The wrist unit is designed to be fail-safe and to prevent false alarms. When the wrist unit fails to detect a pulse, it makes several further attempts to detect a pulse before signalling a cardiac arrest emergency. A prioritization and output activation circuit activates wrist unit outputs, including audio signals, an RF signal transmitter, and a display, according to a predetermined priority when more than one condition requiring a response exists. RF signals sent by the wrist unit's RF signal transmitter are received by the base unit's antenna and processed to selectively activate an external display panel, two audio signal devices, and an auto dialer. The base unit also includes a removable, self-contained CPR instructions player which provides interactive real time directions for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Inventors
- 👤 Athanasios G. Christ
- 👤 John Christ
- 👤 James M. Childers, IV
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 09:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/024; A61B5/02438; A61B5/0002; A61B5/0015; A61B5/0022; A61B5/02416; A61B5/02427; A61B5/02433; A61B5/41; A61B5/411; A61B5/68; A61B5/6801; A61B5/6802; A61B5/681; G; G08; G08B; G08B21/00; G08B21/02; G08B21/04; G08B21/0438; G08B21/0453; G16; G16H; G16H40/00; G16H40/60; G16H40/63; G16H40/67; A61B2560/00; A61B2560/02; A61B2560/029; A61B5/74; A61B5/7405
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 213
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for monitoring the physiological condition of a user and alerting people to a user physiological condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring physiological condition of the user and transmitting signals indicative of said physiological condition, said monitor means worn on the body of said user and portable, said monitor means including: sensing means selectively actuated by said monitor means for sensing the physiological condition of said user; and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one wireless signal indicative of the second physiological condition of said user; base unit means for receiving said wireless signals from said transmitting means associated with said monitor means and analyzing said signals to determine the existence of said user physiological condition problem, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; message delivery means adapted for connection to a communications network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of said user physiological condition problem on said communications network for summoning emergency assistance when said wireless signals indicative said user physiological condition problem.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for monitoring the physiological condition of a user and alerting people to a user physiological condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring physiological condition of the user and transmitting signals indicative of said physiological condition, said monitor means worn on the body of said user and portable, said monitor means including: sensing means selectively actuated by said monitor means for sensing the physiological condition of said user; and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one wireless signal indicative of the second physiological condition of said user; base unit means for receiving said wireless signals from said transmitting means associated with said monitor means and analyzing said signals to determine the existence of said user physiological condition problem, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; message delivery means adapted for connection to a communications network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of said user physiological condition problem on said communications network for summoning emergency assistance when said wireless signals indicative said user physiological condition problem.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the message delivery means comprises a telephone network connection and delivers at least one message on said connected telephone network in response to said user physiological condition problem.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 2 wherein the base unit means includes sound producing means for automatically delivering at least one audible message to at least one location remote from the base unit means via the message delivery means through said communications network.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said monitor means determines the existence of a user physiological condition problem and transmits a signal specifying said user physiological condition to the base unit means.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
175 words
A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring heart function of a user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart function, said monitor means worn on the body of said user and portable, said monitor means comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the heart condition of said user and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one wireless signal indicative of the sensed heart condition of said user; base unit means for receiving said wireless signal from said transmitting means and selectively providing an indication output in response to said wireless signal, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a communications network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of said user heart condition problem on said communications network when said wireless signals indicative said user heart condition problem.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
175 words
A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring heart function of a user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart function, said monitor means worn on the body of said user and portable, said monitor means comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the heart condition of said user and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one wireless signal indicative of the sensed heart condition of said user; base unit means for receiving said wireless signal from said transmitting means and selectively providing an indication output in response to said wireless signal, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a communications network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of said user heart condition problem on said communications network when said wireless signals indicative said user heart condition problem.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the message delivery means comprises a telephone network connection and delivers at least one message on said connected telephone network in response to said user heart condition problem.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 6 wherein the base unit means includes sound producing means for automatically delivering at least one audible message to at least one location remote from the base unit means via the message delivery means through said telephone network.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 5 wherein said monitor means determines the existence of a user heart condition problem and transmits a signal specifying said user heart condition problem to the base unit means.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring heart function of a user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart function, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and portable and compact, said monitor means including sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the heart condition of said user and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed heart condition of said user; base unit means physically separate from said monitor means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and for selectively generating an output indication in responses to the detection of said user heart condition problem; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on a telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user heart condition problems.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
186 words
A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring heart function of a user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart function, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and portable and compact, said monitor means including sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the heart condition of said user and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed heart condition of said user; base unit means physically separate from said monitor means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and for selectively generating an output indication in responses to the detection of said user heart condition problem; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on a telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user heart condition problems.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
68 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means includes determining means for determining the current heart condition of the user of said monitor means from the information provided by the sensing means and wherein said determining means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a user heart condition problem if said determining means determines any said user heart condition problem.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 10 wherein the determining means determines that the user has a heart condition problem only if the sensing means detects a user heart condition abnormality continuously for a specified time period.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 11 wherein the specified time period is the time interval required for the sensing means to monitor the heart condition of the user at least three consecutive times.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 10 wherein the determining means determines that the user has a heart condition problem only if the sensing means detects that said user is having a cardiac arrest.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 13 wherein the determining means determines that the user is having a cardiac arrest only if the sensing means detects a user cardiac arrest continuously for a specified time period.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 14 wherein the specified time period is the time interval required for the sensing means to monitor the heart condition of the user at least three consecutive times.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of all of the heart condition information of the user provided by the sensing means when said sensing means is monitoring the heart condition of said user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 16 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals containing information on more than one monitoring attempt by the sensing means, said radio frequency signals being transmitted less frequently than said sensing means monitors the heart condition of the user.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 17 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of each instantaneous heart beat rate of the user that is detected by the sensing means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 16 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of one of a normal user heart condition and an abnormal user heart condition.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein the only abnormal user heart condition indicated by the monitor means is a cardiac arrest.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of one of a normal user heart condition and an abnormal user heart condition.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 21 wherein the only abnormal user heart condition indicated by the monitor means is a cardiac arrest.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means transmits at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the operations of said monitor means and wherein said monitor means continuously transmits at least some of the radio frequency signals indicative of at least one of the heart condition of the user and the operations of said monitor means to increase the likelihood that said radio frequency signals will be received by the base unit means.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means includes powering means for providing power to said monitor means, said powering means including at least one rechargeable battery.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 24 wherein the base unit means includes charging means for charging the powering means.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means includes diagnostic means for determining an operational problem in said monitor means and wherein said diagnostic means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of any said operational problem.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means includes diagnostic means for determining a problem with the operation of said base unit means.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 27 wherein the diagnostic means includes telephone line surveillance means for determining an operational problem in the telephone line to which the base unit means is connected.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the message delivery means includes sound producing means for delivering at least one audible message to at least one location remote from the base unit means through said telephone network.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means includes attachment means for securing said monitor means to the arm of the user and also includes attachment sensing means for determining the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to said arm of said user and signalling said attachment status to said monitor means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
61 words
The system of claim 30 wherein the attachment means surrounds a portion of the arm of the user and is selectively separable to form two separated ends thereby permitting attachment and removal of the monitor means relative to said arm and wherein the attachment sensing means comprises a device responsive to the connection of the two ends of said attachment means.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system of claim 30 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes, operating in a first operating mode when the attachment sensing means determines a secured attachment status of the attachment means and operating in a second operating mode when said attachment sensing means determines an unsecured attachment status of said attachment means.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes whereby said monitor means performs all of its operations in a first operating mode and suspends some of its operations in a second operating mode.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 29 wherein the monitor means includes notifying means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that the user has a specified heart condition problem and said monitor means is operating in a particular predetermined operating status.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 34 wherein the notifying means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible sound.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 34 wherein the notifying means includes visual display means to display at least one visible message.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 34 wherein the notifying means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible sound visual display means to display at least one visible message.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 37 wherein the visual display means can display the time of day.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 34 wherein the monitor means includes attachment means for securing said monitor means to the arm of the user and also includes attachment sensing means for determining the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to said arm of said user.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
72 words
The system of claim 39 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes, operating in a first operating mode when the attachment sensing means determines a secured attachment status of the attachment means and operating in a second operating mode when said attachment sensing means determines an unsecured attachment status of said attachment means, and whereby said attachment sensing means causes the notifying means to indicate said unsecured attachment status.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 39 wherein said attachment sensing means is connected to said transmitting means and said transmitting means further operates to signal said attachment status to said monitor means.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 34 wherein the monitor means includes diagnostic means for determining an operational problem in said monitor means and wherein said diagnostic means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of any said operational problem and causes the notifying means to indicate any said operational problem.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 42 wherein the diagnostic means includes charge determining means for determining the charge status of any batteries powering the monitoring means.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
63 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means includes indicating means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when the radio frequency signals transmitted by the monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified heart condition of the user.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the indicating means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible sound.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the indicating means includes visual display means to display at least one visible message.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the indicating means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible sound and visual display means to display at least one visible message.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 47 wherein the sound producing means broadcasts verbal messages.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 48 wherein the base unit means includes repository means for storing digital data representative of at least one verbal message and converting means for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 47 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling the user to direct at least one of the sound producing means and the visual display means to make user-selected customized outputs.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling the user to direct the indicating means to make user-selected customized indications.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
68 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the monitor means has a plurality of operating modes and wherein one of said operating modes is a range determining mode whereby said monitor means transmits radio frequency signals which cause the indicating means to indicate how well the base unit means is receiving said radio frequency signals when said monitor means is at various locations away from said base unit means.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 52 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for at least one of activating and deactivating the range determining mode.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 53 wherein the transmitting means transmits radio frequency signals continuously while the monitor means is in the range determining mode.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 52 wherein the indicating means includes sound producing means to broadcast sounds which indicate how well the base unit means is receiving the radio frequency signals of the monitor means when said monitor means is in the range determining mode.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 55 wherein the base unit means varies the output of the sound producing means according to the strength of the radio frequency signals that said base unit means receives from the monitor means.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 44 wherein the base unit means includes diagnostic means for determining a problem with the operation of said base unit means and wherein said diagnostic means causes the indicating means to indicate any said problem.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 29 wherein the monitor means includes notifying means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that the user of said monitor means has a specified heart condition problem and the base unit means includes indicating means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when the radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means and received by said base unit means and user.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
62 words
The system of claim 58 wherein said system selectively issues warnings in at least three zone: at the immediate location of the monitor means via the notifying means, in a proximate surrounding area of the base unit means via the indicator means, and at a location remote from the larger surrounding area of said base unit means via the message delivery means.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 59 wherein both the notifying means and the indicating means include sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible sound.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
73 words
The system of claim 60 wherein the message delivery means, the notifying means, and the indicating means immediately summon assistance when the monitor means determines that the user of said monitor means has a specified heart condition problem and wherein the sound producing means associated with said indicating means later broadcasts sounds intermittently to allow rescuers to home in one the sound broadcast by the sound producing means associated with said notifying means.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 61 wherein the sound producing means associated with the indicating means broadcasts verbal messages.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 59 wherein the base unit means includes information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of the user of the monitor means.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
94 words
The system of claim 58 wherein both the monitor means and the base unit means have diagnostic means for determining an operational problem in said system, whereby the diagnostic means associated with said monitor means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of an operational problem in said monitor means and causes the notifying means to indicate any said operational problem and whereby the diagnostic means associated with said base unit means causes the indicating means to indicate a problem with the operation of said base unit means.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 58 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling the user to direct the indicating means to make user-selected customized indications.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
74 words
The system of claim 58 wherein the monitor means has a plurality of operating modes and wherein one of said operating modes is a range determining mode whereby said monitor means transmits radio frequency signals which cause the indicating means associated with the base unit means to indicate how well said base unit means is receiving said radio frequency signals when said monitor means is at various locations away from said base unit means.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 66 wherein the indicating means includes sound producing means to broadcast sounds which indicate how well the base unit means is receiving the radio frequency signals of the monitor means when said monitor means is in the range determining mode.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 67 wherein the base unit means varies the output of the sound producing means according to the strength of the radio frequency signals that said base unit means receives from the monitor means.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 58 wherein the monitor means prioritizes any detected operational condition and user heart condition and wherein the notifying means and the indicating means indicate only the most important said condition according to a predetermined priority whenever said monitor means determines that more than one said condition exists and should be indicated by said systems.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 58 wherein the notifying means and the indicating means provide in indication that the message delivery means is about to deliver its message a short time before said message delivery means actually begins to deliver its message, thereby allowing a user to deactivate said message delivery means.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 59 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for causing the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a user desire to deactivate the message delivery means, said radio frequency signal causing the base unit means to deactivate said message delivery means.
Claim 75
Dependent Claim
73 words
The system of claim 58 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for causing the transmitting means to transmit at least one predetermined radio frequency signal indicative of a user diagnosed heart condition problem and causing the notifying means to indicate any said heart condition problem, said radio frequency signal causing the indicating means associated with the base unit means to indicate said problem.
Claim 76
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means includes control means for at least one of activating and deactivating other household devices to which said base unit means is connected.
Claim 77
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 73 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for causing the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a user desire to at least one of activate and deactivate other household devices to which the base unit means is connected, said radio frequency signal causing said base unit means to at least one of activate and deactivate said other household devices.
Claim 78
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means can interpret and process radio frequency signals from a plurality of monitor means.
Claim 79
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 75 wherein each of a plurality of monitor means transmits individually coded radio frequency signals, thereby enabling a base unit means to identify and distinguish each said monitor means when said base unit means receives radio frequency signals from a plurality of said monitor means.
Claim 80
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 76 wherein a base unit means can make different specialized outputs for each of a plurality of monitor means which sends said base unit means radio frequency signals.
Claim 81
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the monitor means includes defibrillatory sensing means for detecting a defibrillatory electrical shock that the user of said monitor means receives and wherein said defibrillatory sensing means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the detection of said defibrillatory electrical shock.
Claim 82
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 78 wherein the defibrillatory sensing means includes at least one stainless steel electrode.
Claim 83
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 29 wherein the base unit means includes information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of the user of the monitor means.
Claim 84
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 80 wherein the information giving means is removable from the base unit means and is portable so that said information giving means can provide emergency instructions and information to a caregiver at a location remote from said base unit means.
Claim 85
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 81 wherein the information giving means includes powering means for providing power to said information giving means, said powering means comprising at least one rechargeable battery.
Claim 86
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 82 wherein the base unit means includes charging means for charging the powering means.
Claim 87
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 80 wherein the information giving means includes sound producing means for selectively broadcasting a reproduction of at least one predetermined audible message.
Claim 88
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 84 wherein the information giving means includes activation means manually operable by a caregiver for at least one of activating and deactivating the information giving means.
Claim 89
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 85 wherein the activation means includes repeating means for causing the information giving means to repeat at least a portion of its audible message and ready means for causing said information giving means to broadcast the next audible instruction in a series.
Claim 90
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 84 wherein the information giving means broadcasts verbal instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Claim 91
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 84 wherein the information giving means includes repository means for storing digital data representative of at least one verbal message and converting means for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast.
Claim 92
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 74 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for at least one of activating and deactivating at least parts of said system.
Claim 93
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 89 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes and wherein the activation means enables the user to switch said monitor means between at least the first and second operating modes, whereby said monitor means performs all of its operations when in said first operating mode and suspends some of its operations when in said second operating mode.
Claim 94
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 90 wherein the sensing means suspends its monitoring of the heart condition of the user when the monitor means is in the second operating mode.
Claim 95
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 89 wherein the activation means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one predetermined radio frequency signal indicative of at least one of a user-diagnosed heart condition problem, a user-diagnosed non-heart condition emergency situation, and a user desire to suspend at least some operations of the base unit means.
Claim 96
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 92 wherein the message delivery means can deliver at least one message indicating a problem other than a user heart condition problem that was automatically detected by the monitor means, said message varying depending on the particular radio frequency signal received by the base unit means.
Claim 97
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 92 wherein the base unit means will immediately suspend at least part of its operations if said base unit means receives a radio frequency signal from the monitor means indicative of a user desire to suspend the operations of said base unit means.
Claim 98
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 92 wherein the monitor means includes notifying means to indicate a user-diagnosed problem at the immediate location of said monitor means and wherein the base unit means includes indicating means to indicate said user-diagnosed problem in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means.
Claim 99
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 89 wherein the monitor means has a plurality of operating modes and wherein said monitor means operates in a different said operating mode depending on the number of times that the activation means are actuated by the user.
Claim 100
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 89 wherein the activation means includes plurality of user-actuated switching means and wherein each said switching means activates a different operation in the monitor means.
Claim 101
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 97 wherein the monitor means includes prioritizing means for enabling said monitor means to make a preferred response when a plurality of the switching means are pressed during a defined time interval.
Claim 102
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 89 wherein the monitor means includes cover means for protecting at least part of the activation means from at least one of damage and accidental actuation.
Claim 103
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 99 wherein the cover means includes a hinged door which can be opened and closed by the user of the monitor means.
Claim 104
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means includes modem means for sending electronic data indicative of the operation of said system to at least one location remote from said base unit means via the message delivery means through said telephone network.
Claim 105
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 101 wherein the base unit means includes information storage means for storing information about the operation of said system and for converting said information to electronic data suitable for transfer via the modem means.
Claim 106
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 102 wherein the modem means sends electronic data specifying at least one of the frequency of use of said system, each specific radio frequency signal of the monitor means that was received by the base unit means, and the operating status of said system.
Claim 107
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 103 wherein the electronic data specifies when each electronic data record was originally recorded and stored by the base unit means.
Claim 108
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 103 wherein the electronic data specifies each heart condition measurement of the user that was recorded by said system.
Claim 109
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 101 wherein the modem means sends electronic data to a processing means and wherein said processing means compiles and processes all of said electronic data.
Claim 110
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 101 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling a user to direct the modem means to send electronic data to at least one user-selected location at at least one user-selected time.
Claim 111
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 9 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling the user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs.
Claim 112
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 108 wherein the programming means can direct the message delivery means to deliver a user-selected sequence of messages to specified locations remote from the base unit means.
Claim 113
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 108 wherein the base unit means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one user-selected customized verbal message.
Claim 114
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 110 wherein the base unit means includes repository means for storing digital data representative of at least one verbal message and converting means for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast.
Claim 115
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 108 wherein the base unit means modem means for sending electronic data indicative of the operation of said system to at least one user-selected location remote from the base unit means.
Claim 116
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The system of claim 108 wherein the programming means includes input means for enabling the user to enter in desired messages and information and includes instruction means for providing instructions to help said user enter in the desired messages and information.
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The system of claim 113 wherein the input means includes keypad means for entering in numbers and alphabetical characters and microphone means for recording verbal messages and wherein the instruction means includes display means for providing visual instructional messages and sound producing means for providing verbal instructions.
Claim 118
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The system of claim 9 wherein the sensing means includes infrared emitting means and infrared detecting means.
Claim 119
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The system of claim 115 wherein the infrared emitting means and the infrared detecting means monitor the capillary blood flow of the user.
Claim 120
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A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means worn on the arm of the user for monitoring heart conditions of the user and comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector, and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and selectively generating an output indication signal when said radio frequency signals indicate a user heart condition problem, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; and message delivery means connectable to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said output indication signal of said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on said telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem.
Claim 121
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A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means worn on the arm of the user for monitoring heart conditions of the user and comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector, and transmitting means actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and selectively generating an output indication signal when said radio frequency signals indicate a user heart condition problem, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; and message delivery means connectable to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said output indication signal of said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on said telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem.
Claim 122
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The system of claim 117 wherein the sensing means monitors the capillary blood flow of the user.
Claim 123
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The system of claim 117 wherein the sensing means includes a plurality of infrared light emitters and a plurality of infrared light detectors to enable the monitor means to accurately determine the blood flow status of the user of said monitor means when said monitor means is at various positions on the arm of said user.
Claim 124
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The system of claim 119 wherein only one infrared light emitter is energized during each attempt by the sensing means to monitor the blood flow status of the user and wherein a plurality of infrared light emitters are energized if the monitor means cannot detect the blood flow of said user within a short time after said monitor means expected to detect said blood flow.
Claim 125
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The system of claim 117 wherein the monitor means includes control means for minimizing the power requirements of the sensing means when said sensing means is sensing the blood flow status of the user.
Claim 126
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The system of claim 121 wherein the control means activates the sensing means intermittently.
Claim 127
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The system of claim 121 wherein the sensing means includes a plurality of infrared light emitters and wherein the control means energizes only one said infrared light emitter to monitor the blood flow status of the user during normal blood flow detection.
Claim 128
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The system of claim 121 wherein the control means causes the infrared emitter to emit infrared light in a partial duty cycle when energized.
Claim 129
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The system of claim 121 wherein the monitor means includes light transporting means for transporting the infrared light emitted by a single infrared light emitter to a plurality of locations on the skin of the user.
Claim 130
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The system of claim 125 wherein the light transporting means includes at least one optical fiber.
Claim 131
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The system of claim 117 wherein the monitor means includes determining means for determining the blood flow status of the user of said monitor means from the information provided by the sensing means and wherein said determining means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a user cardiac arrest if said determining means determines any said cardiac arrest.
Claim 132
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The system of claim 117 wherein the sensing means determines that the user has a cardiac arrest only if said sensing means fails to detect any user blood flow during a specified time period.
Claim 133
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The system of claim 128 wherein the specified time period is the time interval required for the sensing means to sense the blood flow status of the user at least three consecutive times.
Claim 134
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The system of claim 117 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of all of the blood flow status information of the user provided by the sensing means when said sensing means is sensing the blood flow status of said user.
Claim 135
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The system of claim 130 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals containing information on more than one sensing attempt by the sensing means, said radio frequency signals being transmitted less frequently than said sensing means senses the blood flow status of the user.
Claim 136
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The system of claim 130 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of each instantaneous blood flow measurement of the user that is detected by the sensing means.
Claim 137
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The system of claim 130 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of one of a normal user heart condition and a cardiac arrest.
Claim 138
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The system of claim 117 wherein the monitor means transmits radio frequency signals indicative of one of a normal user heart condition and a cardiac arrest.
Claim 139
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A system for monitoring blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such a problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring the blood flow status of the user and transmitting signals indicative of said blood flow status, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and portable, said monitor means comprising: sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; notifying means selectively actuated by said monitor means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that the user has a specified blood flow status problem; and transmitting means selectively actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and selectively generating an output indication signal in responses to said radio frequency signals, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said output indication signal of said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status of said user; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on said telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem.
Claim 140
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A system for monitoring blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such a problem, comprising: monitor means for monitoring the blood flow status of the user and transmitting signals indicative of said blood flow status, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and portable, said monitor means comprising: sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; notifying means selectively actuated by said monitor means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that the user has a specified blood flow status problem; and transmitting means selectively actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and selectively generating an output indication signal in responses to said radio frequency signals, said base unit means physically separate from said monitor means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said output indication signal of said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status of said user; and message delivery means adapted for connection to a telephone network and associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message indicative of a user heart condition problem on said telephone network for summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem.
Claim 141
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The system of claim 135 wherein said system selectively issues warnings in at least three zones: at the immediate location of the monitor means via the notifying means, in said proximate surrounding area of the base unit means via the indicating means, and at a location remote from said base unit means and said monitor means via the message delivery means.
Claim 142
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The system of claim 136 wherein both the notifying means and the indicating means include sound producing means to broadcast at least one audible around.
Claim 143
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The system of claim 137 wherein the message delivery means, the notifying means, and the indicating means immediately summon assistance when the monitor means determines that the user of said monitor means has a specified blood flow status problem and wherein the sound producing means associated with said indicating means later broadcasts sounds intermittently to allow rescuers to home in one the sound broadcast by the sound producing means associated with said notifying means.
Claim 144
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The system of claim 138 wherein the sound producing means associated with the indicating means broadcasts verbal messages.
Claim 145
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The system of claim 139 wherein the base unit means includes repository means for storing digital data representative of at least one verbal message and converting means for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast.
Claim 146
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The system of claim 137 wherein both the notifying means and the indicating means include visual display means to display at least one visible message.
Claim 147
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means includes attachment means for securing said monitor means to the arm of the user and also includes attachment sensing means for determining the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to said arm of said user.
Claim 148
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The system of claim 142 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes, operating in a first operating mode when the attachment sensing means determines a secured attachment status of the attachment means and operating in a second operating mode when said attachment sensing means determines an unsecured attachment status of said attachment means, and whereby said attachment sensing means causes the notifying means to indicate said unsecured attachment status and causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of said unsecured attachment status, said radio frequency signal causing the indicating means to indicate said unsecured attachment status.
Claim 149
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The system of claim 142 wherein said attachment sensing means is connected to said transmitting means and said transmitting means further operates to signal said attachment status to said monitor means.
Claim 150
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The system of claim 135 wherein both the monitor means and the base unit means have diagnostic means for determining an operational problem in said system, whereby the diagnostic means associated with said monitor means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of an operational problem in said monitor means and causes the notifying means to indicate any said operational problem and whereby the diagnostic means associated with said base unit means causes the indicating means to indicate a problem with the operation of said base unit means.
Claim 151
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The system of claim 145 wherein the diagnostic means associated with the base unit means includes telephone line surveillance means for determining and operational problem in the telephone line to which said base unit means is connected.
Claim 152
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The system of claim 145 wherein the diagnostic means associated with the monitor means includes charge determining means for determining the charge status of any batteries powering said monitor means.
Claim 153
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means prioritizes any detected operational condition and user blood flow status condition and wherein the notifying means and the indicating means indicate only the most important said condition according to a predetermined priority whenever said monitor means determines that more than one said conditions exists and should be indicated by said system.
Claim 154
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for at least one of activating and deactivating at least parts of said system.
Claim 155
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The system of claim 149 wherein the monitor means has at least two operating modes and wherein the activation means enables the user to switch said monitor means between at least the first and second operating modes, whereby said monitor means performs all of its operations when in said first operating mode and suspends some of its operations when in said second operating mode.
Claim 156
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The systme of claim 150 wherein the sensing means suspends its monitoring of the blood flow sustatus of the user when the mointor means is in the second operating mode.
Claim 157
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The system of claim 149 wherein the activation means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one predetermined radio frequency signal indicative of at least one of a user-diagnosed heart condition problem, a user-diagnosed non-heart condition emergency situation, and a user desire to suspend at least some operations of the base unit means.
Claim 158
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The system of claim 152 wherein each of the notifying means and the indicating means can indicate a user-diagnosed problem and wherein the message delivery means can deliver at least one message indicating a problem other than a user heart condition problem that was automatically detected by the monitor means, said message varying depending on the particular radio frequency signal received by the base unit means.
Claim 159
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The system of claim 152 wherein the base unit means will immediately suspended at least part of its operations if said base unit means receives a radio frequency signal from the monitor means indicative of a user desire to suspended the operations of said base unit means.
Claim 160
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The system of claim 154 wherein the notifying means and the indicating means provide an indication that the message delivery means is about to deliver its message a short time before said message delivery means actually begins to deliver its message, thereby allowing a user to deactivate said message delivery means by utilizing the activation means.
Claim 161
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The system of claim 135 wherein the message delivery means includes sound producing means for delivering at least one audible message to at least one location remote from the surrounding area of the base unit means through said telephone network.
Claim 162
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means has a plurality of operating modes and wherein one of said operating modes is a range determining mode whereby said monitor means transmits radio frequency signals which cause the indicating means to indicate how well the base unit means is receiving said radio frequency signals when said monitor means is at various locations away from said base unit means.
Claim 163
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The system of claim 157 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for at least one of activating and deactivating the range determining mode.
Claim 164
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The system of claim 158 wherein the transmitting means transmits radio frequency signals continuously while the monitor means is in the range determining mode.
Claim 165
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The system of claim 157 wherein the indicating means includes sound producing means to broadcast sounds which indicate how well the base unit means is receiving the radio frequency signals of the monitor means when said monitor means is in the range determining mode.
Claim 166
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The system of claim 160 wherein the base unit means varies the output of the sound producing means according to the strength of the radio frequency signals that said base unit means receives from the monitor means.
Claim 167
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The system of claim 135 wherein the base unit means includes control means for at least one of activating and deactivating other household devices to which said base unit means is connected.
Claim 168
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The system of claim 162 wherein the monitor means includes activation means manually operable by the user of said monitor means for causing the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a user desire to at least one of activate and deactivate other household devices to which the base unit means is connected, said radio frequency signal causing said base unit means to at least one of activate and deactivate said other household devices.
Claim 169
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The system of claim 135 wherein the base unit means can interpret and process radio frequency signals from a plurality of monitor means.
Claim 170
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The system of claim 164 wherein each of a plurality of monitor means transmits individually coded radio frequency signals, thereby enabling a base unit means to identify and distinguish each said monitor means when said base unit means receives radio frequency signals from a plurality of said monitor means.
Claim 171
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The system of claim 165 wherein a base unit means can make different specialized outputs for each of a plurality of monitor means which sends said base unit means radio frequency signals.
Claim 172
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means includes defibrillatory sensing means for detecting a defibrillatory electrical shock that the user of said monitor means receives and wherein said defibrillatory sensing means causes the transmitting means to transmit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of the detection of said defibrillatory electrical shock.
Claim 173
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The system of claim 167 wherein the defibrillatory sensing means includes at least one stainless steel electrode.
Claim 174
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The system of claim 135 wherein the base unit means includes information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of the user of the monitor means.
Claim 175
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The system of claim 169 wherein the information giving means is removable from the base unit means and is portable so that said information giving means can provide emergency instructions and information to a caregiver at a location remote from said base unit means.
Claim 176
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The system of claim 170 wherein the information giving means includes powering means for providing power to said information giving means, said powering means comprising at least one rechargeable battery.
Claim 177
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 171 wherein the base unit means includes charging means for charging the powering means.
Claim 178
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 169 wherein the information giving means includes sound producing means for selectively broadcasting a reproduction of at least one predetermined audible message.
Claim 179
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 173 wherein the information giving means includes activation means manually operable by a caregiver for at least one of activating and deactivating the information giving means.
Claim 180
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The system of claim 174 wherein the activation means includes repeating means for causing the information giving means to repeat at least a portion of its audible message and ready means for causing said information giving means to broadcast the next audible instruction in a series.
Claim 181
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The system of claim 173 wherein the information giving means broadcasts verbal instructions on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Claim 182
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 173 wherein the information giving means includes repository means for storing digital data representative of at least one verbal message and converting means for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast.
Claim 183
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The system of claim 135 wherein the base unit means includes modem means for sensing electronic data indicative of the operation of said system to at least one location remote from said base unit means via the message delivery means.
Claim 184
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 178 wherein the base unit means includes information storage means for storing information about the operation of said system and for converting said information to electronic data suitable for transfer via the modem means.
Claim 185
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The system of claim 179 wherein the modem means sends electronic data specifying at least one of the frequency of use of said system, each specific radio frequency signal of the monitor means that was received by the base unit means, and the operating status of said system.
Claim 186
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The system of claim 180 wherein the electronic data specifies when each electronic data record was originally recorded and stored by the base unit means.
Claim 187
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 180 wherein the electronic data specifies each actual instantaneous blood flow measurement of the user that was recorded by said system.
Claim 188
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 178 wherein the modem means sends electronic data to a processing means and wherein said processing means compiles and processes all of said electronic data.
Claim 189
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 135 wherein the base unit means includes programming means for enabling the user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs.
Claim 190
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 184 wherein the programming means can direct the message delivery means to deliver a user-selected sequence of messages to specified locations remote from the base unit means.
Claim 191
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The system of claim 184 wherein the base unit means includes sound producing means to broadcast at least one user-selected customized verbal message.
Claim 192
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The system of claim 184 wherein the base unit means includes modem means for sending electronic data indicative of the operation of said system to at least one user-selected location remote from said base unit means at at least one user-selected time via the message delivery means.
Claim 193
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The system of claim 184 wherein the programming means includes input means for enabling the user to enter in desired messages and information and includes instruction means for providing instructions to help said user enter in the desired messages and information.
Claim 194
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 188 wherein the input means includes keypad means for entering in numbers and alphabetical characters and microphone means for recording verbal messages and wherein the instruction means includes display means for providing visual instructional messages and sound producing means for providing verbal instructions.
Claim 195
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The system of claim 135 wherein the monitor means includes powering means for providing power to said monitor means, said powering means including at least one rechargeable battery.
Claim 196
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 190 wherein the base unit means includes charging means for charging the powering means.
Claim 197
Independent Claim
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A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring the heart function of said user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart condition, said monitor means comprising: control means for controlling the operation of the monitor means and determining the existence of any heart condition problem; sensing means connected to and actuated by said control means for sensing the heart condition of said user; diagnostic means connected to said control means for detecting and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment means for securing said monitor means to the arm of said user; attachment sensing means connected to said attachment means and to said control means for determining and signalling the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the arm of said user; transmitting means connected to and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of at least one of the sensed heart condition of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; activation means connected to said control means and manually operable by said user for at least one of activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and actuated by said monitor means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified heart condition problem said notifying means providing in response at least one of a visual and audible indication; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means analyzing said signals, and selectively producing an output signal upon determination of said user heart condition problem, said base unit means being physically separate from said monitor means and comprising: diagnostic means for determining a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means actuated by said output signal of said base unit means for providing an indication in a surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified heart condition problem of said user, said indicating means providing in response at least one of a visual and an audible indication information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of said user, said information giving means providing verbal instructions on performance of cardiac resuscitation; programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message on a telephone network, said message being at least one of a prerecorded verbal message indicating a user heart condition problem and summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user heart condition problem, and electronic data indicating the operation of said system.
Claim 198
Independent Claim
530 words
A system for monitoring the heart condition of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring the heart function of said user and transmitting signals indicative of said heart condition, said monitor means comprising: control means for controlling the operation of the monitor means and determining the existence of any heart condition problem; sensing means connected to and actuated by said control means for sensing the heart condition of said user; diagnostic means connected to said control means for detecting and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment means for securing said monitor means to the arm of said user; attachment sensing means connected to said attachment means and to said control means for determining and signalling the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the arm of said user; transmitting means connected to and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of at least one of the sensed heart condition of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; activation means connected to said control means and manually operable by said user for at least one of activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and actuated by said monitor means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified heart condition problem said notifying means providing in response at least one of a visual and audible indication; base unit means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means analyzing said signals, and selectively producing an output signal upon determination of said user heart condition problem, said base unit means being physically separate from said monitor means and comprising: diagnostic means for determining a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means actuated by said output signal of said base unit means for providing an indication in a surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified heart condition problem of said user, said indicating means providing in response at least one of a visual and an audible indication information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of said user, said information giving means providing verbal instructions on performance of cardiac resuscitation; programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message on a telephone network, said message being at least one of a prerecorded verbal message indicating a user heart condition problem and summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user heart condition problem, and electronic data indicating the operation of said system.
Claim 199
Independent Claim
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A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring blood flow and transmitting indications of sensed conditions and worn on a limb of said user said monitoring means comprising: control means for controlling monitoring and transmitting functions of said monitor means; sensing means connected to and actuated by said control means for sensing the blood flow status of said user and determining any user blood flow status problem, said sensing means and comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; diagnostic means connected to said control means for detecting and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment means for securing said monitor means to the limb of said user; attachment sensing means connected to said attachment means and said control means for determining and signalling the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the limb of said user; transmitting means connected to and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; activation means connected to said control means manually operable by said user for at least one of activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and selectively actuated by said control means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified blood flow status and said monitor means operates in a specified operating status, said notifying means including at least one of an audible and a visual signal producing device; base unit means for receiving and said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and analyzing said signals; diagnostic means associated with said base unit means for determining and signalling a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status of said user, said indicating means including at least one of an audible and a visual indicator; information giving means associated with said base unit means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of said user, said information giving means providing verbal instructions on performance of cardiac resuscitation; programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message an a telephone network, said messgae being at least one of a prerecorded verbal message indicating a user heart condition problem and summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem, and electronic data indicating the operation of said system.
Claim 200
Independent Claim
554 words
A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring blood flow and transmitting indications of sensed conditions and worn on a limb of said user said monitoring means comprising: control means for controlling monitoring and transmitting functions of said monitor means; sensing means connected to and actuated by said control means for sensing the blood flow status of said user and determining any user blood flow status problem, said sensing means and comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; diagnostic means connected to said control means for detecting and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment means for securing said monitor means to the limb of said user; attachment sensing means connected to said attachment means and said control means for determining and signalling the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the limb of said user; transmitting means connected to and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of the sensed blood flow status of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; activation means connected to said control means manually operable by said user for at least one of activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and selectively actuated by said control means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified blood flow status and said monitor means operates in a specified operating status, said notifying means including at least one of an audible and a visual signal producing device; base unit means for receiving and said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and analyzing said signals; diagnostic means associated with said base unit means for determining and signalling a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status of said user, said indicating means including at least one of an audible and a visual indicator; information giving means associated with said base unit means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of said user, said information giving means providing verbal instructions on performance of cardiac resuscitation; programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said base unit means to make user-selected customized outputs; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for automatically delivering at least one message an a telephone network, said messgae being at least one of a prerecorded verbal message indicating a user heart condition problem and summoning emergency assistance when said radio frequency signals indicate said user blood flow status problem, and electronic data indicating the operation of said system.
Claim 201
Independent Claim
475 words
A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring blood flow status of the user and transmitting data signals indicative of said blow flow status, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and comprising: control means for controlling monitoring and transmitting functions of said monitor means; sensing means associated with and actuated by said control means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; diagnostic means connected to said control means for determining and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment menas for securing said monitor means to the arm of said user; attachment sensing means associated with said attachment means and connected to said attachment means and to said control means for determining the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the arm of said user; transmitting means associated with and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of the blood flow status of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; manual activation means connected to said control means and manually operable by said user for activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and selectively actuated by said control means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified blood flow status and said monitor means operates in a specified operating status, said notifying means providing at least one of an audible signal and a visual signal; base unit means physically separate from said monitoring means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and analyzing and responding to said signals; diagnostic means associated with said base unit means for determining and signalling a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status problem of said user, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified operating status of said monitor means, said indicating means including at least one of an audible and a visual indicator for providing the indication; and programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said indicating means to make user-selected customized indications.
Claim 202
Independent Claim
475 words
A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user and alerting people to a user heart condition problem when the blood flow status of said user indicates such as problem, comprising: portable monitor means for monitoring blood flow status of the user and transmitting data signals indicative of said blow flow status, said monitor means worn on the arm of said user and comprising: control means for controlling monitoring and transmitting functions of said monitor means; sensing means associated with and actuated by said control means for sensing the blood flow status of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; diagnostic means connected to said control means for determining and signalling an operational problem in said monitor means; attachment menas for securing said monitor means to the arm of said user; attachment sensing means associated with said attachment means and connected to said attachment means and to said control means for determining the attachment status of said attachment means with respect to the arm of said user; transmitting means associated with and actuated by said control means for transmitting radio frequency signals indicative of the blood flow status of said user and the operating status of said monitor means; manual activation means connected to said control means and manually operable by said user for activating a specified operating status of said monitor means and causing said transmitting means to transmit a predetermined radio frequency signal; and notifying means associated with and selectively actuated by said control means for providing an indication at the immediate location of said monitor means when said monitor means determines that said user has a specified blood flow status and said monitor means operates in a specified operating status, said notifying means providing at least one of an audible signal and a visual signal; base unit means physically separate from said monitoring means for receiving said radio frequency signals from said monitor means and analyzing and responding to said signals; diagnostic means associated with said base unit means for determining and signalling a problem with the operation of said base unit means; indicating means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for providing an indication in a proximate surrounding area of said base unit means when said radio frequency signals transmitted by said monitor means are one of unreceived by said base unit means, received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified blood flow status problem of said user, and received by said base unit means and indicative of a specified operating status of said monitor means, said indicating means including at least one of an audible and a visual indicator for providing the indication; and programming means associated with said base unit means for enabling said user to direct said indicating means to make user-selected customized indications.
Claim 203
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 194 wherein the base unit means includes information giving means for providing emergency instructions and information to a caregiver in the event of a downturn in the physiological condition of the user of the monitor means, said information giving means providing verbal instructions on at least how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Claim 204
Independent Claim
185 words
A device for giving emergency medical instructions, comprising: sound producing means for selectively broadcasting a reproduction of at least one set of predetermined audible messages to be delivered in a predetermined sequence, said message set comprising instructions for directing a caregiver to perform an emergency medical procedure is real time on a person requiring emergency medical assistance; repository means for storing information representative of said instructions; processing means connected to said sound producing means and said repository means for selectively retrieving said information from said repository means; processing said information, and sending said processed information to said sound producing means to cause said broadcast in sequence of said messages in said message set and operable to enter a non-retrieval mode after certain of said messages are broadcast in which mode subsequent messages are not retrieved and broadcast; and ready signal input means manually operable by said caregiver for selectively operating said processing means to end said non-retrieval mode when broadcast of a subsequent message in said message set is desired to thereby cause said sound producing means to broadcast the next message to said caregiver.
Claim 205
Independent Claim
185 words
A device for giving emergency medical instructions, comprising: sound producing means for selectively broadcasting a reproduction of at least one set of predetermined audible messages to be delivered in a predetermined sequence, said message set comprising instructions for directing a caregiver to perform an emergency medical procedure is real time on a person requiring emergency medical assistance; repository means for storing information representative of said instructions; processing means connected to said sound producing means and said repository means for selectively retrieving said information from said repository means; processing said information, and sending said processed information to said sound producing means to cause said broadcast in sequence of said messages in said message set and operable to enter a non-retrieval mode after certain of said messages are broadcast in which mode subsequent messages are not retrieved and broadcast; and ready signal input means manually operable by said caregiver for selectively operating said processing means to end said non-retrieval mode when broadcast of a subsequent message in said message set is desired to thereby cause said sound producing means to broadcast the next message to said caregiver.
Claim 206
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device of claim 196 wherein said device includes repeating means for causing the processing means to send a repetition of at least a portion of the instructions to the sound producing means.
Claim 207
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device of claim 196 wherein the sound producing means broadcast a plurality of emergency instructions in series and wherein predetermined messages are repeated broadcast automatically during said nonretrieval mode.
Claim 208
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 196 wherein the sound producing means generates instructions for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Claim 209
Dependent Claim
47 words
The device of claim 196 wherein the repository means stores digital data representative of at leave one verbal message and wherein the processing means includes a digital speech processor for converting said digital data to an analog form suitable for verbal broadcast by the sound producing means.
Claim 210
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device of claim 196 further including powering means for providing power to said device, said powering means comprising at least one rechargeable battery.
Claim 211
Independent Claim
215 words
A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user, comprising: portable monitor means worn on the arm of said user for monitoring blood flow status of said user and transmitting a status signal indicative of said blood flow status, said monitor means comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing actual instantaneous blood flow of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; transmitting means associated with and actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of each sensed blood flow measurement of said user; base unit means for receiving and analyzing said radio frequency signals, said base unit means being physically separate from said monitor means; information storage means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for storing each said blood flow measurement indicated by said radio frequency signals; converting means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for converting the stored pulse rate measurements of said user to signals suitable for transfer on a telephone network; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means and comprising a telephone network connection for automatically delivering electronic data indicative of each said pulse rate measurement of said user on said telephone network.
Claim 212
Independent Claim
215 words
A system for monitoring the blood flow status of a user, comprising: portable monitor means worn on the arm of said user for monitoring blood flow status of said user and transmitting a status signal indicative of said blood flow status, said monitor means comprising sensing means actuated by said monitor means for sensing actual instantaneous blood flow of said user, said sensing means comprising an infrared emitter and an infrared detector; transmitting means associated with and actuated by said monitor means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal indicative of each sensed blood flow measurement of said user; base unit means for receiving and analyzing said radio frequency signals, said base unit means being physically separate from said monitor means; information storage means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for storing each said blood flow measurement indicated by said radio frequency signals; converting means associated with and actuated by said base unit means for converting the stored pulse rate measurements of said user to signals suitable for transfer on a telephone network; and message delivery means associated with and actuated by said base unit means and comprising a telephone network connection for automatically delivering electronic data indicative of each said pulse rate measurement of said user on said telephone network.
Claim 213
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 202 wherein the base unit means sends electronic data to a processing means and wherein said processing means compiles and processes all of said electronic data.
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