US 11,745,006 B2
Wearable cardiac defibrillation system with electrode assemblies having pillow structure
William Edward Crone, Fall City, WA (US); Dallas Eugene Meeker, Kirkland, WA (US); Robert Rueben Buchanan, Bothell, WA (US); Douglas Keith Medema, Everett, WA (US); David Peter Finch, Bothell, WA (US); Laura Marie Gustavson, Redmond, WA (US); and Daniel James Finney, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed by WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,921.
Application 17/405,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,921, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,097,094.
Application 16/859,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/107,854, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,632,302, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 16/107,854 is a continuation of application No. 15/800,027, filed on Oct. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,080,886, issued on Sep. 25, 2018.
Application 15/800,027 is a continuation of application No. 14/710,799, filed on May 13, 2015, granted, now 9,833,607, issued on Dec. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/072,818, filed on Oct. 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379363 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0484 (2013.01) [A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Wearable Defibrillator (WD) system, comprising:
a support structure configured to be worn by a patient, the support structure dimensioned relative to a body of the patient to be so worn with nonzero tension that causes nonzero pressure to be exerted onto the patient;
an electronics module configured to be coupled to the support structure;
a conductive electrode configured to be coupled to the support structure so that the electrode remains pressed against the patient due to the nonzero pressure when the support structure is so worn, the electrode flexible enough so as to acquire a first shape due to being subjected to the nonzero pressure when the support structure is so worn, but a second shape different from the first shape if the electrode alone is deposited on a flat level surface without the electrode being subjected to an external pressure; and
a signal conductor configured to couple electronically the electronics module and the electrode when the support structure is so worn.