Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – Exercising appliance
Patent
1991-11-01
1994-03-22
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
Exercising appliance
A61H 3102, A61N 100
Patent
active
052954811
ABSTRACT:
A device providing performance of CPR without need to exert forces of such magnitude that the patient may be injured, and which further provides performance of defibrillation and ventilation. The CPR assist device according to the present invention is composed generally of an elongate column member, handles mounted normal to the column member, a suction cup member mounted at one end of the column member, and a defibrillation system so that the patient may be defibrillated in conjunction with CPR. According to the method of the present invention, an aid giver places the suction cup member of the CPR assist device on the chest of the patient, then grabs the handles and proceeds to alternately press on the chest and pull from the chest. The suction cup member causes the chest to compress and expand, thereby creating a churning action within the chest cavity that resuscitates the patient. An added benefit of the CPR assist device is that the expansion of the chest cavity as the suction cup member is pulled away from the chest will stimulate lung action of the patient. Defibrillation is provided by the aid giver actuating one or more switches on the column member which supplies electrical stimulation at electrodes mounted to the suction cup member. The defibrillation circuit may operate from household current or may be powered by an internal battery.
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Apley Richard J.
Keefe Peter D.
Leubecker John P.
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