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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2001
Michael J. Palmer, New Berlin, WI (US);
James M. Gray, Fox Point, WI (US);
David L. Schieble, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Alan E. Clapp, Fox Point, WI (US);
Brian Bayer, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Wilfried Loehning, Horben, DE;
Andreas Schulz, Bötzingen, DE;
Horst Schlosser, Kenzingen, DE;
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for distributing power within a cardiac treatment and monitoring system which includes a defibrillator releasably coupled to a patient monitoring unit. The method includes the steps of determining a battery reserve capacity within the patient monitoring unit and distributing power from the patient monitoring system to a defibrillator when the determined battery reserve capacity exceeds a threshold value.