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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
West Affum Holdings Corp., Grand Cayman, KY;
Daniel Ralph Piha, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joseph Leo Sullivan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Phillip Dewey Foshee, Jr., Woodinville, WA (US);
Daniel Peter Finch, Bothell, WA (US);
Isabelle Banville, Newcastle, WA (US);
Laura Marie Gustavson, Redmond, WA (US);
Kenneth Frederick Cowan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Richard C. Nova, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Reuben Buchanan, Bothell, WA (US);
Krystyna Szul, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory T. Kavounas, Bellevue, WA (US);
WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS CORP., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
In embodiments, a wearable cardiac defibrillator system includes an energy storage module configured to store a charge. Two electrodes can be configured to be applied to respective locations of a patient. One or more reservoirs can store one or more conductive fluids. Respective fluid deploying mechanisms can be configured to cause the fluids to be released from one or more of the reservoirs, which decreases the impedance at the patient location, and decreases discomfort for the patient. In some embodiments an impedance is sensed between the two electrodes, and the stored charge is delivered when the sensed impedance meets a discharge condition. In some embodiments, different fluids are released for different patient treatments. In some embodiments, fluid release is controlled to be in at least two doses, with an intervening pause.