A portable single use automated external defibrillator device

Abstract There is provided a portable automated external defibrillator device, comprising: a controller; a housing to cover a smart phone device, the housing being separable into two housing portions, each housing portion comprising an electrode; a deployable electrical connector for completing an electrical circuit between the two housing portions; a break sensor connected to the controller, the break sensor operative across the two portions to detect the separation of the two housing portions; a discharge circuit connected to each electrode and being operatively coupled to the controller; and energy storage device operatively coupled to the discharge circuit, wherein, in use: the controller is configured to: detect the breaking of the housing using the break sensor; and control the discharge circuit to discharge electrical energy via the electrodes from an energy storage device when the housing portion is separated 1 Mobile33 Device 8 App 32 Data 13 3 Interface UX 14 4 Electrode Controller 0 Charging16 Discharge Circuit Circuit Energy 12 1 Storage 17 35 -- Break _ _ Electrical Se |t 34 Sensor Connector Storage device 4 Electrode Battery 5 Figure 1 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9