Patent ID: 6858016

Claim:
A device for monitoring cardiac compression being applied to a patient, said device comprising: a body adapted to overlie and contact the sternum of a patient; and having thereon a plurality of guide recipients; a force receiving member overlying a portion of said body and moveable relative thereto and a force receiving platform on said force receiving member adapted to receive compressive force from a user; a plurality of guide means on said force receiving member which cooperate with said plurality of guide recipients on said body; biasing means to urge said force receiving member away from said body; a plurality of pairs of contacts, one of each pair of contacts being located on said body and the other of said pair of contacts being located on said force receiving member, and wherein different pairs of contacts close when different amounts of force are applied to said force receiving member; indication means responsive to the force applied to said force receiving member by the user for providing an indication to the user of said cardiac compression applied to the sternum; and compression regulation means for regulating the rate at which cardiac compressions are applied by instructing the user when to apply cardiac compression.