CPR barrier device

US6691703B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Laerdal Medical Corporation · US

Inventors

• Larry T. McKinney · Huntersville, US
• James Traut · Poughkeepsie, US
• John Cline · Lagrangeville, US
• Sean Phillips · Poughkeepsie, US
• Andrew Serbinski · Annandale, US
• Mirzat Koc · Hoboken, US
• Mark Rosen · Hackensack, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 17, 2004
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M16/106
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A resuscitation device for providing a barrier between a rescuer and a patient requiring mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. This resuscitation device includes an inflatable portion which when inflated extends in the breathing direction between the rescuer and the patient so as to be placed around at least one breathing organ of the victim. An inflation member receives airflow from the rescuer to inflate the inflatable portion. In this resuscitation device, a valve assembly permits airflow from the rescuer to the patient and diverts the exhalation and body fluids of the patient from reaching the rescuer. An additional barrier member can also be provided for shielding the rescuer from the patient.