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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2006
Michael R. Dupelle, N. Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael Parascandola, Londonderry, NH (US);
Marc Cordaro, Sudbury, MA (US);
Sheldon S. White, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael R. Dupelle, N. Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael Parascandola, Londonderry, NH (US);
Marc Cordaro, Sudbury, MA (US);
Sheldon S. White, Brookline, MA (US);
ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A package in which a medical device is stored, the package comprising an outer shell providing a vapor barrier, a medical device positioned in the interior space inside the outer shell, the medical device including a liquid-containing element that is subject to drying out, a condition sensor comprising two metallic elements and a conductive water-containing element, each of the two metallic elements being composed of different metals, with each of the different metals selected so that the two metallic elements form an anode and a cathode of an electrochemical cell, so that the water-containing element forms the electrolyte of the electrochemical cell, and the voltage of the cell provides an indication the conductive water-containing element of the medical device has dried out.