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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 10, 1994
Daniel J Powers, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
David Cameron, Seattle, WA (US);
Clinton S Cole, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas D Lyster, Bothell, WA (US);
Steven T Mydynski, Bothell, WA (US);
Carlton B Morgan, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Heartstream, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A defibrillator with an automatic self-test system that includes a test signal generator and a defibrillator status indicator. The test system preferably performs functional tests and calibration verification tests automatically in response to test signals generated periodically and/or in response to predetermined conditions or events and indicates the test results visually and audibly. The invention also relates to a method for automatically determining and indicating a defibrillator's status without human intervention.