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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Gintaras A. Vaisnys, Chicago, IL (US);

Giovanni C. Meier, Madison, CT (US);

Glenn W. Laub, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Gintaras A. Vaisnys, Chicago, IL (US);

Giovanni C. Meier, Madison, CT (US);

Glenn W. Laub, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

External portable medical devices, such as portable external defibrillators (PEDs), have long standby times and may be required to indicate their operational status to a user while conserving battery power. Frequently, numerous PEDs are scattered throughout one or more large facility, which may make identifying a PED that is indicating an operational status that requires attention more difficult. To conserve power and provide more effective notice, a PED may use a broadcast transmitter, which minimizes power usage, to communicate the PED's status to a remote monitor that is connected to a relatively unlimited power supply. The remote monitor may then provide a wide variety of sensory alerts to indicate the status of the PED without concern for the power consumption associated with the sensory alert.


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