Heartsine Technologies Limited

Cesar Oswaldo Navarro-Paredes

John McCune Anderson

Rebecca DiMaio

Janice Anderson

John Mccune Anderson

Rebecca Dimaio

An external defibrillator estimates the phase of ventricular defibrillation (VF) by deriving, from an ECG exhibiting VF, at least one quality marker representing the morphology of the ECG and, therefore, the duration of the VF. The duration of the VF is calculated as a function of the value (s) of the quality marker (s). The quality marker (s) may comprise any one or more of the median slope of the ECG, the average slope of the ECG, the ratio of the power in relatively high and low frequency bands of the ECG, and a measure of the density and amplitude of peaks in the ECG, over a predetermined period.

External defibrillator

An external defibrillator includes patient electrodes () for obtaining the patient's electrocardiogram (ECG) and for applying a shock to the patient. A microprocessor () analyses the patient's ECU using a diagnostic algorithm to detect if the patient's heart is in a shockable rhythm, and shock delivery circuitry () is enabled when a shockable rhythm is detected by the diagnostic algorithm. The patient electrodes also allow obtaining a signal (Z) which is a measure of the patient's transthoracic impedance and the microprocessor is responsive to Z to detect conditions likely to cause the diagnostic algorithm to generate a false detection of a shockable rhythm. If such detection is made, the microprocessor prevents detection of a shockable rhythm by the diagnostic algorithm, at least for a period of time.

An apparatus for indicating cardiac output comprises means for monitoring a patient's transthoracic impedance and generating a corresponding impedance signal, and signal processing means for (a) deriving a signal Swhich is a measure of the average amplitude of the impedance signal, (b) filtering the impedance signal at a plurality of different wavelengths within a predetermined frequency band, (c) for each filter deriving a signal Swhich is a measure of the average amplitude of the respective filter output, (d) calculating the ratio of the maximum one of the signals Sderived from step (c) to the signal Sderived from step (a), and (e) using the ratio from step (d) in a decision tree to provide a signal indicating cardiac output or not.

Apparatus and method for indicating cardiac output

An external defibrillator includes patient electrodes () for obtaining the patient's electrocardiogram (ECG) and for applying a shock to the patient. A microprocessor () analyses the patient's ECG using a diagnostic algorithm to detect if the patient's heart is in a shockable rhythm, and shock delivery circuitry () is enabled when a shockable rhythm is detected by the diagnostic algorithm. The patient electrodes also allow obtaining a signal (Z) which is a measure of the patient's transthoracic impedance and the microprocessor is responsive to Z to detect conditions likely to cause the diagnostic algorithm to generate a false detection of a shockable rhythm. If such detection is made, the microprocessor prevents detection of a shockable rhythm by the diagnostic algorithm, at least for a period of time.

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Cesar Oswaldo Navarro-Paredes