System for respiratory emergencies
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Publication Number
US-8973574-B2
Publication Date
2015-03-10
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Abstract
A portable resuscitation system is provided. The system includes a housing for enclosing a ventilation device and a vital signs tracking device. The housing is anatomically designed for use as a neck support for opening an airway of a subject in a supine position and optionally includes mechanism for modifying the height or angle of the neck support.
Core Innovation
A portable respiratory emergency resuscitation system is provided that includes a ventilation device, an airway opening device, and a vital signs tracking device. The housing encloses the ventilation device and is shaped as a neck support with a head rest on its upper surface for accepting the neck of a subject and supporting it in an extended position. The system is configured to facilitate opening of an airway of the subject in a supine position.
The system alerts or instructs a user upon an attempt to open an airway based on real time measurements of the vital signs of the subject tracked during the attempt. The housing includes a mechanism to change at least one of the shape of the headrest, the height of the headrest, the position of the housing, and the angle of the housing, for modifying a head angle of the subject when in said supine position.
The ventilation device includes a pressurized oxygen source and a face mask. The vital signs tracking device includes respiration sensing based on a mask transducer and tracking of at least one of pulse, oximetry, and blood pressure, and the system further includes layperson user instructions and optionally GPS-based location tracking and communications to transmit vital signs to medical responders.
Claims Coverage
The provided content supports one independent claim, with five inventive features covering the portable system architecture, airway-opening support, real-time vital-sign-based user alerting or instructing, head-angle modification by housing adjustment, and integrated ventilation and vital-sign tracking.
Neck-support housing with head rest for supine airway opening
A housing enclosing the ventilation device, shaped as a neck support and including on its upper surface a head rest designed for accepting the neck of a subject and supporting it in an extended position for facilitating opening of an airway in a supine position.
Alerting or instructing based on real time vital sign measurements during airway opening attempt
Alerting or instructing a user upon an attempt to open an airway, where the alerting or instructing is based on real time measurements of the vital signs tracked during the attempt.
Mechanism to modify head angle by changing headrest or housing configuration
A housing comprising a mechanism to change at least one of the shape of the headrest, the height of the headrest, the position of the housing, and the angle of the housing, for modifying a head angle of the subject in the supine position.
Ventilation device for resuscitation
A ventilation device included in the system, together with an airway opening device and the neck-support housing configuration to facilitate airway opening and subsequent ventilation.
Vital signs tracking device to support alerting during airway opening attempt
A vital signs tracking device included in the system, used to provide real time measurements of the vital signs during the attempt to open an airway.
The core claim elements are the neck-support housing with an extended-position head rest for supine airway opening, user alerting or instructing during an airway opening attempt based on real-time vital-sign measurements, and a mechanism that changes headrest or housing configuration to modify head angle.
Stated Advantages
Facilitates opening of an airway of the subject in a supine position.
Provides alerting or instructing to a user upon an attempt to open an airway based on real time measurements of the vital signs.
Modifies head angle of the subject in the supine position by changing at least one of the shape of the headrest, the height of the headrest, the position of the housing, and the angle of the housing.
Documented Applications
Responsive support during respiratory emergency events, including scenarios involving respiratory distress detection and guidance that includes recorded/transmitted vital signs.
Airway opening attempts where the system alerts or instructs the user based on real time measurements of vital signs.
Transmission of vital signs data to medical responders using communications unit and optional location tracking.
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