Patent ID: 7769465
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A cardiac monitoring and cardiac pacing system which allows an untrained human enabler immediate access to a medical professional who can and will remotely monitor, diagnose and treat a victim of a medical emergency at one of a plurality of remote sites, said system comprising, in combination: (a) a central station comprising: (b) emergency cardiac monitoring and cardiac pacing apparatus disposed at each of a plurality of remote sites, each said apparatus comprising a portable unit including: whereby (1) said ECG signals may be transmitted from a plurality of said contact electrodes via said ECG circuit to said central station for evaluation by said medical professional; (2) said control signals may be transmitted from said central station to said pacing control input; and (3) in response thereto, said cardiac pacing pulses with at least one parameter selected by the medical professional may be applied from said cardiac pacing output to a plurality of said contact electrodes for resuscitation of said victim.