US 11,806,305 B2
Chest compression devices for use with imaging systems, and methods of use of chest compression devices with imaging systems
Uday Kiran V. Illindala, San Jose, CA (US); and James Adam Palazzolo, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ZOLL Circulation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoll Circulation, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/887,858.
Application 16/887,858 is a continuation of application No. 15/389,175, filed on Dec. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,688,017.
Application 15/389,175 is a continuation of application No. 14/172,764, filed on Feb. 4, 2014, granted, now 9,532,924, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Application 14/172,764 is a continuation of application No. 13/234,980, filed on Sep. 16, 2011, granted, now 8,641,647, issued on Feb. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0397653 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 31/00 (2006.01); A61H 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 31/006 (2013.01) [A61H 11/00 (2013.01); A61H 31/00 (2013.01); A61H 2011/005 (2013.01); A61H 2201/01 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0103 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1246 (2013.01); A61H 2201/149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/169 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1621 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5043 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0456 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A device for compressing a chest of a patient while imaging the patient in an imaging system, the imaging system defining an imaging area which encompasses a portion of a thorax of the patient, the device comprising:
a platform configured to be disposed beneath the thorax of the patient;
a belt operably connected to the platform and adapted to extend at least partially around the chest of the patient, the belt comprising:
a load distributing portion adapted to extend across the chest of the patient, and
tensioning portions configured to extend from the load distributing portion and posteriorly relative to the patient when the patient is disposed on the platform; and
a mechanical actuator disposed relative to the load distributing portion of the belt such that the mechanical actuator is located entirely outside of the imaging area when the patient is disposed on the platform with the belt extending around the chest of the patient and the platform is disposed within a gantry of the imaging system, wherein the mechanical actuator is one of a linear actuator or rotary actuator, and the mechanical actuator is in a housing of the platform, wherein the mechanical actuator is configured to be disposed superior to, or inferior to, a transverse plane transecting the chest of the patient at a left-to-right centerline of the belt when the patient is disposed on the platform.
 
15. An automated chest compression device configured for compatibility with imaging a portion of a thorax of a patient in an imaging system, the automated chest compression device comprising:
a platform configured to be disposed beneath the thorax of the patient, the platform comprising a housing;
a mechanical actuator disposed within the housing of the platform, wherein the mechanical actuator is a linear actuator or a rotary actuator; and
a compression belt configured to extend across a chest of the patient, the compression belt comprising a left tensioning portion and a right tensioning portion relative to the patient when the patient is disposed on the platform;
wherein the mechanical actuator is arranged in the housing of the platform to define an imaging compatible region disposed beneath a region of the thorax of the patient including a heart of the patient, wherein the mechanical actuator is disposed in the housing of the platform such that it is configured to be superior to or inferior to a left-to-right centreline of the compression belt when the compression belt is extended across the chest of the patient, and the imaging compatible region is devoid of any portion of the mechanical actuator.