Patent ID: 6990373

Claim:
An automated external defibrillator that delivers defibrillation therapy to adult and pediatric patients, comprising: electrodes that are adapted for placement on a patient; a port that connects the electrodes to the defibrillator; a pulse generator connected to the electrodes, via the port, that delivers a defibrillation pulse to the patient; processing circuitry connected to the pulse generator that controls the defibrillation pulse delivery; and a user interface including a user input connected to the processing circuitry that enables a user of the defibrillator to enter patient-specific information reflecting the magnitude of a physical attribute of the patient into the defibrillator, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to automatically determine a patient type based on the patient-specific information entered by the user; and cause the pulse generator to deliver a defibrillation pulse to the patient in accordance with the patient type determination.