Inventors:
Gintaras A Vaisnys - Chicago IL, US
Glenn W. Laub - Princeton NJ, US
Giovanni C Meier - Madison CT, US
International Classification:
A61N 1/39
US Classification:
607142, 607 1, 607 2, 607 5, 607 9, 607 10, 607 11, 607 14, 607 15, 607 16, 607 17, 607 18, 607 27, 607 28, 607 29, 607 30, 607 31, 607 32, 607 33, 607 36, 607 37, 607 38, 607115, 607149, 607152
Abstract:
A medical device having a unit in communication with ancillary components wherein the unit and the ancillary components each have a sensory output through which communication with a user of the medical device may be accomplished and to which the user's attention directed. In one aspect, the medical device is an AED unit with associated pads, which are an ancillary component electrically connected to the AED unit. In this illustrative example, the unit has a unit sensory output (e. g. , a speaker or a display), and the pads, and/or their associated packaging, have an ancillary sensory output (e. g. a speaker or display). Programming in the AED unit controls output to the sensory outputs such that the user's attention is directed between the unit and the ancillary components.