Patent ID: 6325771
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: A61H,A61M,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
A CPR apparatus for increasing the flow of blood in a patient, said apparatus comprising:(a) a base contoured to seat near a central region of said patient's chest;(b) a manual actuator;(c) a substantially inelastic belt means having first and second sections for wrapping around said chest; and(d) a force converter mounted on said base, connected to said actuator and having belt connectors for connecting to said first and second sections of said belt means, for converting a force manually applied to said actuator and directed inwardly toward said chest into (1) a chest compressing resultant directed through said base toward said chest and (2) belt tightening resultants applied to said belt connectors directed tangential to said chest whereby the inwardly and tangentially directed force increases the blood flow in the natural direction.