Assistance apparatuses for carrying out an emergency care procedure, assistance system for synchronised cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and associated method
Inventors
DE LUCA, Alban • SAILLARD, Pierre-Edouard
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12594219-B2
Publication Date
2026-04-07
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Abstract
An assistance apparatus for carrying out a first emergency care procedure, such as chest compressions or pulmonary ventilation, is configured to cooperate with a second assistance apparatus for carrying out a second emergency care procedure. The assistance apparatus comprises a communication device designed to receive, from the second assistance apparatus, data relating to the second emergency care procedure. The data comprises at least one item of information, a parameter or an instruction. A signal-processing device is configured to process the at least one signal measured according to the received data relating to the second emergency care procedure. An assistance system, comprising a compression assistance apparatus and a ventilation assistance apparatus, and an assistance method associated with the assistance system are also disclosed.
Core Innovation
An assistance apparatus for carrying out a first emergency care procedure is configured to cooperate with a second assistance apparatus for carrying out a second emergency care procedure. The apparatus includes a measuring device that measures at least one variable representative of the first emergency care procedure and produces at least one measured signal. A signal-processing device determines, from the measured signal, a value of at least one quality parameter of the first emergency care procedure.
The assistance apparatus further includes a communication device that receives, from the second assistance apparatus, data relating to the second emergency care procedure, the data comprising at least one item of information, a parameter, or an instruction. The signal-processing device processes the measured signal according to the received data relating to the second emergency care procedure.
In an embodiment as a ventilation assistance apparatus for ventilation on a patient, the first emergency care procedure comprises ventilation and the ventilation variable is chosen from flow rate of inspired gas, flow rate of expired gas, pressure of the inspired gas, and pressure of the expired gas. The quality parameter comprises ventilation quality parameters chosen from ventilation frequency, volume of inspired air, volume of expired air, tidal volume or effective volume, percentage of leaks, insufflation pressure, end-expiratory pressure, insufflation time, and expiration time.
In a further system context for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, separate compression and ventilation assistance apparatuses are configured to cooperate and are configured to be used by at least two separate rescuers. Each assistance apparatus includes its own measuring device and signal-processing device for determining quality parameters from measured signals, and each communication device receives data relating to a second emergency care procedure from another assistance apparatus.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims cover 3 inventive structures: a cooperating assistance apparatus that processes measured signals according to received data relating to a second emergency-care procedure; a ventilation assistance apparatus with defined ventilation variables and ventilation quality parameters; and a cardiopulmonary resuscitation system with separate compression and ventilation apparatuses used by separate rescuers. Across the independent claims, the coverage is centered on exchanged data from the other emergency-care procedure to condition quality parameter processing.
Cooperating assistance apparatus with quality-parameter processing from exchanged second-procedure data
An assistance apparatus for carrying out a first emergency care procedure that cooperates with a second assistance apparatus, including measuring a variable representative of the first emergency care procedure to produce measured signals, determining a value of at least one quality parameter from the measured signals, receiving data relating to the second emergency care procedure from the second assistance apparatus via a communication device, and processing the measured signals according to the received data relating to the second emergency care procedure.
Ventilation assistance apparatus using defined ventilation variables and ventilation quality parameters
The assistance apparatus configured as a ventilation assistance apparatus for ventilation on a patient, where the variable representative of the ventilation is chosen from a set of ventilation variables comprising a flow rate of inspired gas, a flow rate of expired gas, a pressure of the inspired gas, and a pressure of the expired gas, and where the at least one quality parameter comprises at least one ventilation quality parameter chosen from a set of ventilation parameters comprising a ventilation frequency, a volume of inspired air, a volume of expired air, a tidal volume or effective volume, a percentage of leaks, an insufflation pressure, an end-expiratory pressure, an insufflation time, and an expiration time.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation system with separate compression and ventilation apparatuses that exchange second-procedure data
An assistance system for cardiopulmonary resuscitation comprising a compression assistance apparatus and a ventilation assistance apparatus configured to be used by at least two separate rescuers, the compression and ventilation assistance apparatuses configured to cooperate with one another, where each assistance apparatus includes a measuring device producing measured signals for variables representative of a first emergency care procedure, a signal-processing device determining quality parameters from the measured signals, and a communication device configured to receive data relating to a second emergency care procedure from another assistance apparatus, the signal-processing device being further configured to process the measured signals according to the received data.
The independent claims define a cooperative architecture in which measured procedure variables are converted into quality parameters and then signal processing is conditioned by received data relating to a second emergency-care procedure. For ventilation embodiments, the independent coverage specifies ventilation variables and ventilation quality parameters, while for the CPR system embodiment the coverage specifies separate compression and ventilation apparatuses used by separate rescuers with inter-apparatus data exchange for adjusted processing.
Stated Advantages
Dynamically adjusts signal processing according to received data relating to the other emergency care procedure to avoid mismatches between quality parameter computation and the current other procedure.
Provides coordinated cardiopulmonary resuscitation assistance by using exchanged data between compression and ventilation assistance apparatuses operated by separate rescuers.
Documented Applications
Coordinated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) assistance using separate compression and ventilation assistance apparatuses configured to cooperate and used by at least two separate rescuers.
Ventilation assistance in an emergency care procedure where the first emergency care procedure comprises ventilation on a patient using a ventilation mask coupled to a ventilation device for supplying respiratory gas.
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