US 12,115,366 B2
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator with breast support
Laura Marie Gustavson, Redmond, WA (US); Kerstin Dorst, Brooklyn, NY (US); Angela M. Stewart, Granite Falls, WA (US); Pamela F. Breske, Newcastle, WA (US); Amanda K. Hall, Seattle, WA (US); Garrett McCann Kotlarchik, Kenmore, WA (US); Dallas Eugene Meeker, Kirkland, WA (US); Daniel James Finney, Woodinville, WA (US); Eduard Johann Deml, Waldmuenchen (DE); Robert Reuben Buchanan, Bothell, WA (US); David Peter Finch, Bothell, WA (US); Phillip Dewey Foshee, Jr., Woodinville, WA (US); Douglas Keith Medema, Everett, WA (US); and Kenneth F. Cowan, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to West Affum Holdings Designated Activity, Dublin (IE)
Filed by WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,257.
Application 18/178,257 is a continuation of application No. 17/181,928, filed on Feb. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,617,880.
Application 17/181,928 is a continuation of application No. 15/889,040, filed on Feb. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,926,080, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,693, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,784, filed on Feb. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/443,686, filed on Jan. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201571 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0484 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0064 (2013.01); A41D 1/005 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/3904 (2017.08); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); A41D 2300/32 (2013.01); A41D 2300/324 (2013.01); A41D 2300/326 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment for use with an external defibrillator and to be worn by a patient, the garment comprising:
an ECG electrode attached to the garment so that a conductive surface of the ECG electrode contacts the patient when the garment is being worn;
a belt configured to wrap around a torso of the patient;
two straps;
a receptacle integrated with the garment, the receptacle including an electrical connector, the electrical connector including one or more electrical contacts configured to electrically connect to the external defibrillator;
a first support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to one of the two straps;
a second support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to the other of the two straps; and
a conductive wire embedded in the garment between a first layer of fabric and a second layer of fabric, the conductive wire having a first end electrically connected to the ECG electrode and a second end electrically connected to the electrical connector.