Patent ID: 6418342
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A defibrillation system comprising:a wearable defibrillator for delivering defibrillation energy to a patient, the wearable defibrillator comprising: a plurality of electrodes adapted to be connected to the patient for transmitting defibrillation energy to the patient and for receiving patient information from the patient; a memory which stores the patient information and which stores defibrillation information, the defibrillation information relating to operation of the wearable defibrillator; a base station interface, over which the patient information and the defibrillation information are transmitted, and over which external information is received; and a controller for controlling when the defibrillation energy is transmitted to the patient based on the patient information and at least part of the external information; and a base station connected to the defibrillator, the base station comprising: a defibrillator interface which mates to the base station interface of the defibrillator and over which (i) the defibrillation information and the patient information is received from the memory of the defibrillator and (ii) the external information is transmitted to the defibrillator; and an external interface, over which the defibrillation information and the patient information is transmitted to an external location, and over which the external information is received from the external location.