Autonomous critical care systems and integrated combat casualty care systems
Inventors
Darrah, Mark • Gradilla, Cesar • Elson, John • Darrah, Gregory T. • Brandenburg, Allen E.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11992441-B2
Publication Date
2024-05-28
Expiration Date
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and treating a patient on route to a medical facility are disclosed. The system comprises a critical care unit; at least one patient monitoring device coupled to the critical care unit, wherein the critical care unit obtains physiological data about the patient from each patient monitoring device; at least one patient treatment device coupled to the critical care unit, wherein the critical care unit provides treatment instructions to each patient treatment device; a two way communications device coupled to the critical care unit; and a remote communications terminal in communication with the two way communications device. The critical care unit preferably sends the physiological data to the remote communications terminal and receives the treatment instructions from the remote communications terminal via the two way communications device.
Core Innovation
A foldable critical care unit is provided for monitoring and treating a patient on route to a medical facility. The critical care unit includes a foldable housing comprised of a first side and a second side coupled by a single hinge, with at least one of a control module, a ventilator module, a processor module, or a pump module housed in the first side, and at least one of one or more fluids for a patient or structural components housed in the second side.
The critical care unit has a folded transportation configuration and an unfolded use configuration. In the use configuration, the critical care unit is adapted to be coupled to and fit entirely underneath a patient transport litter, enabling in-route monitoring and treatment while the unit is positioned beneath the litter.
The system is further described as supporting modular and under-litter arrangements using an ACCS architecture. An ACCS under-litter configuration is described with a two-enclosure architecture, including a front enclosure with electronics, ventilation, suction, and control, and a rear enclosure with fluids via a removable suction reservoir module and a reloadable internal fluids module.
Claims Coverage
Independent claim clm-00001 covers a foldable critical care unit for in-route patient monitoring and treatment with a hinged two-side housing and an under-litter fit in the unfolded configuration. The coverage contains five inventive features further refined by dependent claims.
Foldable hinged housing with side-specific modules
A foldable housing comprised of a first side and a second side coupled by a single hinge, wherein at least one of a control module, a ventilator module, a processor module, or a pump module is housed in the first side and at least one of one or more fluids for a patient or structural components is housed in the second side.
Folded transportation and unfolded use with entirely-under-litter fitting
The critical care unit has a folded transportation configuration and an unfolded use configuration, wherein, in the use configuration, the critical care unit is adapted to be coupled to and fit entirely underneath a patient transport litter.
Under-litter coupling without lifting the litter
The critical care unit is adapted to be coupled under the litter without raising the litter off the ground.
Fluid module with pinch valves, flow sensing, and bubble venting
The fluid module additionally includes one or more components selected from a linear actuator pinch valve, an in-line flow sensor, a bubble detector, and a bubble vent solenoid.
Oxygen generation device integration
The critical care unit is further equipped with an oxygen generation device.
The claim set primarily protects an under-litter, foldable critical care unit having a hinged two-side housing that supports modular control, ventilation, processing, and pumping on one side and patient fluids or structural components on the other, with additional refinements including under-litter coupling without litter lifting, specified fluid-module components, and an oxygen generation device.
Stated Advantages
Documented Applications
Monitoring and treating a patient on route to a medical facility using the foldable critical care unit in a folded transportation configuration and an unfolded use configuration coupled underneath a patient transport litter.
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