US 12,257,205 B2
Preventing infections in non-sterile air-circulating medical devices
Erik von Schenck, Lomma (SE); Cathlene Buchanan, Shoreline, WA (US); Neal Clark, Snohomish, WA (US); and Tyson Taylor, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Physio-Control, Inc., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,259.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,821, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401666 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61H 31/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); A61L 9/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 31/006 (2013.01) [A61L 9/122 (2013.01); A61L 9/20 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20181 (2013.01); A61H 2201/01 (2013.01); A61H 2201/50 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) device, comprising:
a central unit having an internal chamber with one or more electronic components;
a fan configured to intake air to the internal chamber;
an exhaust configured to eject air from the internal chamber;
an air deflector structured to direct air away from a head of a patient, wherein the air deflector is structured to tilt toward the lower body of the patient; and
a disinfectant device configured to disinfect air in the internal chamber.