Patent ID: 8014859
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An external defibrillator in combination with an electrode pad assembly, comprising: a first panel and a second panel the first and second panels mated together and secured, the first and second panels containing defibrillator electronics therebetween; a plate secured to the second panel, the plate and the second panel cooperating to define an enclosed volume accessed by a slot, the slot having a cross-section; and an electrode pad assembly including an electrode pad portion containing electrode pads, the electrode pad portion having a cross-section that includes the electrode pads, the slot cross-section being greater than the electrode pad portion cross-section, at least a portion of the electrode pad positioned in the enclosed volume through the slot, the electrode pad assembly further including an electrical cable with an electrical connector, the electrical cable extending from the electrode pads and out through the electrode pad portion to the electrical connector located outside the electrode pad portion, and a connector port connected to the defibrillator electronics and located outside the enclosed volume, the connector port engageable with the electrical connector.