Portable emergency oxygen and automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy system

Abstract

This invention provides a medical diagnosis and therapy system particularly adapted for the combined uses of emergency cardiac defibrillation and pulmonary oxygen administration, including automated patient cardiopulmonary assessment and voice prompted therapy and resuscitation: electrocardio diagnosis/monitoring/defibrillation and electropulmonary blood oximetry/oxygen administration. The system has a case having access opening(s) and clear cover(s) to view the apparatus and contents, to dispel all doubt as to know how to open the case and to make it easy for a user to quickly find and use the various components.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A hand-held multi-component emergency medical system, comprising; 
       a breathable oxygen delivery system;  
       a defibrillation system; and  
       a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system and said defibrillation system.  
     
     
       2. A hand-held multi-component emergency medical system, comprising; 
       a breathable oxygen delivery system;  
       a oximetry system;  
       a defibrillation system; and  
       a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system, said oximetry system and said defibrillation system.  
     
     
       3. A system as claimed in claims  1  or  2 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system. 
     
     
       4. A system as claimed in claims  1  or  2 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system and said oxygen delivery system. 
     
     
       5. A system as claimed in  claim 2 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system, said oxygen delivery system and said oximetry system. 
     
     
       6. A system as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising a control processor for controlling operations of at least said defibrillation system, said voice prompting system and said oximetry system. 
     
     
       7. A system as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said control processor further controls said oxygen delivery system. 
     
     
       8. A system as claimed in  claim 7 , further comprising a feedback control from said oximetry system to said oxygen delivery system to regulate oxygen delivery. 
     
     
       9. A system as claimed in  claim 8 , further including a display system coupled to said oximetry system. 
     
     
       10. A system as claimed in  claim 8 , further including means for modal control of said oxygen delivery system, for switching or prompting a user to switch said oxygen delivery system between a variable flow rate/pressure cyclic ventilator mode and a fixed flow rate mode. 
     
     
       11. A multi- component emergency medical system of a size and weight which can easily be carried by a single hand comprising:    
       
         a breathable oxygen delivery system;  
       
       
         a defibrillation system; and  
       
       
         a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system and said defibrillation system; the cumulative size and weight of the unitary casing, oxygen delivery system, and defibrillation system such that the unitary casing, when housing the oxygen delivery system and defibrillation system, can be easily carried by a single hand.  
       
     
     
       12. A multi- component emergency medical system of a size and weight which can easily be carried by a single hand comprising:    
       
         a breathable oxygen delivery system;  
       
       
         a oximetry system;  
       
       
         a defibrillation system; and  
       
       
         a unitary casing for housing said oxygen delivery system, said oximetry system, and said defibrillation system; the cumulative size and weight of the unitary casing, oxygen delivery system, oximetry system, and defibrillation system such that the unitary casing, when housing the oxygen delivery system, oximetry system and defibrillation system, can be easily carried by a single hand.  
       
     
     
       13. A system as claimed in claims  11  or  12 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system.  
     
     
       14. A system as claimed in claims  11  or  12 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system and said oxygen delivery system.  
     
     
       15. A system as claimed in  claim 12 , further comprising a voice prompting system for directing a user through a protocol employing said defibrillation system, said oxygen delivery system and said oximetry system.  
     
     
       16. A system as claimed in  claim 15 , further comprising a control processor for controlling operations of at least said defibrillation system, said voice prompting system and said oximetry system.  
     
     
       17. A system as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein said control processor further controls said oxygen delivery system.  
     
     
       18. A system as claimed in  claim 17 , further comprising a feedback control from said oximetry system to said oxygen delivery system to regulate oxygen delivery.  
     
     
       19. A system as claimed in  claim 18 , further including a display system coupled to said oximetry system.  
     
     
       20. A system as claimed in  claim 18 , further including means for modal control of said oxygen delivery system, for switching or prompting a user to switch said oxygen delivery system between a variable flow rate/pressure cyclic ventilator mode and a fixed flow rate mode.