US 12,233,253 B2
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) with bystander voice interaction
Joseph L. Sullivan, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed by WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,957, filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143388 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/046 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/3904 (2017.08); A61N 1/3987 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system comprising:
a support structure, the support structure configured to be worn by a subject;
a consciousness detection module configured to determine whether the subject wearing the support structure is unconscious; and
an interactive bystander module configured to:
responsive to a determination that the subject wearing the support structure is unconscious, generate a first voice prompt inquiring as to a presence of a bystander;
responsive to a determination of the presence of the bystander, generate a voice inquiry asking the bystander to indicate whether the bystander is willing to assist the subject wearing the support structure; and
responsive to a determination that the bystander is not willing to assist the subject wearing the support structure, generate a second voice prompt inquiring as to a presence of another bystander.