Patent ID: 6398744
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A61H,A61N,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A medical system for use on a patient, wherein said medical system requires an operator for use upon the patient, the operator having an operator's predetermined permitted level of access, said medical system comprising:a chest compression device for compressing the chest of the patient and a defibrillator for providing defibrillating shock to the patient, wherein both the chest compression device and the defibrillator are capable of being either functionally enabled or functionally disabled depending upon the operator's predetermined permitted level of access; identification means for identifying the operator of the medical system, said identification means comprising an identification card and a card reader, wherein said identification card stores identification information pertaining to the operator's predetermined permitted level of access; and controlling means for controlling the chest compression device and the defibrillator in response to the indication of the operator's predetermined permitted level of access as read from the identification card, wherein the controlling means is capable of permitting physical access to both the chest compression device and the defibrillator depending on the operator's predetermined level of access and the controlling means is capable of functionally enabling at least one of the chest compression device and the defibrillator and functionally disabling at least one of chest compression device and the defibrillator depending upon the operator's predetermined permitted level of access.