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US 12,220,377 · App. 17/413,461 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use thereof

Inventors: Ting An Yen (Taipei, TW); Ching Chia Wang (Taipei, TW); Hwa Chang Wang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignees: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; FINE-I LTD.
A61H31/005A61H31/007A61H2201/0157A61H2201/5023A61H2201/5048A61H2201/5058A61H2201/5071A61H2201/5082
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Patent No.
US 12,220,377
App. No.
17/413,461
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which comprises a tri-axial gravity sensing element, a pressure sensing element, a sound output element, a visual output element and a microcontroller. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation can actively connect to the medical rescue system and issue an alarm to guide the surrounding passers-by to perform real-time rescue and perform correct cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so as to improve the efficiency and accuracy of chest compressions.

Claims (30)

1. A portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, comprising:

a tri-axial gravity sensing element, which is configured to be worn on an individual to detect the tri-axial action state of the individual and output a gravity sensing signal;

a pressure sensing element, configured to sense a pressing force and configured to output a pressure sensing signal;

a sound output element, configured to generate a speech;

a visual output element, configured to generate a pressing depth indication or a pressing strength indication; and

a microcontroller, configured to receive the gravity sensing signal and the pressure sensing signal;

wherein, the microcontroller is configured to determine whether the individual has fallen based on the gravity sensing signal, and the microcontroller causes the sound output element to generate the speech for indicating a procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

wherein, the microcontroller determines whether the pressing force matches a pressing setting based on the gravity sensing signal and the pressure sensing signal, and the microcontroller causes the visual output element response to the pressing force to generate the pressing depth indication or the pressing strength indication, and causes the sound output element response to the pressing force to generate a speech indication to meet the pressing setting in the procedure of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation,

wherein the pressing setting comprises a pressing depth setting value, a pressing strength setting value, and a pressing frequency setting value,

wherein in the procedure of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the tri-axial gravity sensing element only retains the gravity sensing signal of the vertical axis defined as the Z axis, to detect a pressing depth and generate a pressing depth sensing signal, which is received by the microcontroller and used to determine whether the pressing depth meets the pressing depth setting value, and

wherein the microcontroller further comprises an analog-to-digital converter, and the analog-to-digital converter converts the pressing depth sensing signal and the pressure sensing signal into an analog-digital value, respectively, and integrates and calibrate the two analog-digital values to generate a pressing strength setting value suitable for the individual, and at the same time turns off the tri-axial gravity sensing element when the pressing depth meets the pressing depth setting value.

2. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate a decrease in the pressing depth, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing depth indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing depth sensing signal is greater than the pressing depth setting value, so that the pressing depth meets the pressing depth setting value; and the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate an increase in the pressing depth, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing depth indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing depth sensing signal is lower than the pressing depth setting value, so that the pressing depth meets the pressing depth setting value.

3. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate a decrease in the pressing force, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing strength indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing force is greater than the pressing strength setting value, so that the pressing force meets the pressing strength setting value; and the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate an increase in the pressing force, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing strength indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing force is lower than the pressing strength setting value, so that the pressing force meets the pressing strength setting value.

4. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensing element further comprises a metronome configured to detect the pressing frequency and configured to generate a pressing frequency sensing signal, which is received by the microcontroller and used to determine whether the pressing frequency meets the pressing frequency setting value.

5. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 4 , wherein the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate a decrease in the pressing frequency, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing frequency indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing frequency is greater than the pressing frequency setting value, so that the pressing frequency meets the pressing frequency setting value; and the sound output element is configured to generate the speech to indicate an increase in the pressing frequency, and the visual output element is configured to generate the pressing frequency indication of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the pressing frequency is lower than the pressing frequency setting value, so that the pressing frequency meets the pressing frequency setting value.

6. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensing element further comprises a variable resistor configured to calibrate and fine-tune an error which occurs when the pressing force is converted into the pressure sensing signal.

7. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the tri-axial gravity sensing element is a gravity sensor; the pressure sensing element is a piezoelectric transducer.

8. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the visual output element is a combination of light emitting diodes.

9. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the sound output element includes a speech generator, a loudspeaker, and a broadcaster.

10. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation further comprises a power supply.

11. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 10 , wherein the power supply includes a charging port, a lithium charger, a lithium battery, and a power button.

12. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 11 , wherein the lithium battery further comprises a temperature sensor.

13. The portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to claim 1 , wherein the portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation further comprises a pressing plate cover, an upper plate cover, a main circuit board and a lower plate cover, wherein the sound output element and the visual output element are located in the main circuit board, and the pressing plate cover has a positioning frame.

14. A guidance method for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which uses a portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which comprising: a tri-axial gravity sensing element, a pressure sensing element and a sound output element, and the guidance method comprises steps:

causing the sound output element to generate a speech to guide a procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation when a fall occurring in an individual wearing the portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation is determined based on a gravity sensing signal of the tri-axial gravity sensing element, and the procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation includes placing the portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the chest of the individual lying flat, and applying a pressing force on the portable guidance device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

determining whether the pressing force meets a pressing depth setting value based on the gravity sensing signal, and then the sound output element generates a speech to indicate the pressing depth indication, so that the pressing force meets the pressing depth setting value;

determining whether the pressing force meets a pressing strength setting value based on a pressure sensing signal of the pressure sensing element, and then the sound output element generates a speech to indicate the pressing strength indication, so that the pressing force meets the pressing strength setting value; and

determining whether a frequency of the pressing force meets the pressing frequency setting value based on a pressing frequency sensing signal of the pressure sensing element, and then the sound output element generates a speech to indicate the pressing frequency indication, so that the frequency of the pressing force meets the pressing frequency setting value,

wherein in the procedure of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the tri-axial gravity sensing element only retains the gravity sensing signal of the vertical axis defined as the Z axis, to detect a pressing depth, and

wherein the tri-axial gravity sensing element is turned off when the pressing depth meets the pressing depth setting value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2022
From: YEN, TING AN
To: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; FINE-I LTD.
Reel/Frame 058547/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2021
From: YEN, TING AN; WANG, CHING CHIA; WANG, HWA CHANG
To: YEN, TING AN
Reel/Frame 056587/0408 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62779466 · Dec 13, 2018
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