Physio-control, Inc.

Steven Chester

Fred William Chapman

Robert G Walker

Anders Nilsson

Tyson G Taylor

Neal Stanley Clark

Sara Lindroth

Marcus Ehrstedt

Steven B Duke

Anders Jeppsson

Jeremy Edward Brummett

Jonas Lagerstrom

Alexander Hamilton

Ethan Boehm

Kathy Wang

Per Axelsson

Alexey Titov

Lars Anders Jörgen Segerstein

Wiktor Kocula

Tobias Svahn

An active backboard that can assist with adjusting a patient on the backboard to ensure that the backboard is correctly aligned for a compression mechanism of an upper portion of a mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device to perform compressions. The active backboard can also include multiple layers that can slide or move relative to each other to move the patient relative to the backboard. The active backboard can include roller bars, a wheel, and/or projections to assist with moving a patient relative to the backboard.

Mechanical CPR device with active backboard

Systems to retain a battery within, and to eject a battery from, a battery receptacle of a medical device, such as a portable defibrillator, are described. A battery receptacle of a medical device includes an element that is configured to engage an inserted battery to prevent, or reduce, movement of the battery within the receptacle and to assist with removing the battery from the receptacle. In an example, the element is a monolithic structure that includes a retention portion and an ejection portion. The retention portion is positioned at a side wall of the battery receptacle, and the ejection portion terminates in a free end positioned a distance from the side wall. When the battery is inserted into the battery receptacle, the retention portion exerts a retention force on a side surface of the battery, and the ejection portion exerts an ejection force on an end surface of the battery.

Medical device battery retention and ejection element

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

Steven Chester