CPC A61H 31/007 (2013.01) [A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); A61H 2230/065 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device for enhancing a delivery of CPR to a patient, the CPR device comprising:
a patient side for engagement with a chest of the patient; and
a user side for engagement with at least one hand of a user delivering CPR to the patient,
wherein one or more of a surface of the patient side and a surface of the user side is at least partially formed of a material with variable contact characteristics configured to be controlled during the delivery of the CPR to the patient so as to regulate a lateral force distribution profile at the one or more of the surface of the patient side and the surface of the user side from a force applied to the CPR device by the user and transferred through the CPR device to the patient during the delivery of the CPR to the patient.
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