US 12,233,275 B2
Automated external defibrillator and power supply adapted for non-clinical use
Kenneth R. Alleca, Billerica, MA (US); Melissa M. Dascoli, Wakefield, MA (US); Timothy F. Stever, Lowell, MA (US); Charles Sawyer, Sudbury, MA (US); Mohamed Abdelaziz, Nashua, NH (US); Christine O'Toole, West Roxbury, MA (US); and Elijah White, Wellesley, MA (US)
Assigned to ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by ZOLL Medical Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/149,895, filed on Feb. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257961 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3975 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3904 (2017.08); A61N 1/3925 (2013.01); A61N 1/3993 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated external defibrillator, comprising:
an electrical connector configured to receive a battery pack;
at least one capacitor configured to store energy and an electrotherapy delivery circuit configured to deliver the energy externally as electrotherapy to a patient;
at least one discharge circuit configured to internally discharge energy stored in the at least one capacitor, wherein the energy is not provided to the patient when internally discharged;
a non-clinical power adapter configured to be received by the electrical connector; and
at least one processor configured to:
determine whether the non-clinical power adapter is electrically coupled to the electrical connector,
determine whether the automated external defibrillator recognizes the non-clinical power adapter, and
enable power to be supplied to the automated external defibrillator from the non-clinical power adapter if the automated external defibrillator recognizes the non-clinical power adapter,
wherein enabling power to be supplied to the automated external defibrillator from the non-clinical power adapter comprises enabling the automated external defibrillator to operate in a non-clinical mode, and
wherein enabling the automated external defibrillator to operate in a non-clinical mode comprises:
disabling delivery of energy externally as electrotherapy;
charging the at least one capacitor to a predetermined threshold that is less than a minimum energy setting for clinical use; and
discharging the stored energy from the at least one capacitor internally through the at least one discharge circuit.