Patent ID: 9592402
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N,H01L

Claim:
1. An external defibrillator system for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance, the system comprising: one or more capacitors for delivering a defibrillating shock to the person; one or more electronic ports for receiving signals from sensors for obtaining indications of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the person; a patient treatment module executable on one or more computer processors to provide a determination of a metric indicative of a likelihood of success from delivering a future defibrillating shock to the person with the one or more capacitors, using (a) information about an indicator of success associated with a prior defibrillating shock, the indicator determined based on a segment of ECG waveform corresponding to a time period following application of the prior defibrillating shock, and (b) a value that is a function of current ECG signals from the person; and an output mechanism comprising a visual display that is configured to display one of multiple possible indications that each indicate a degree of the likelihood of success from delivering a defibrillating shock to the person with the one or more capacitors.