Portable patient monitor with defibrillator/pacemaker interface and battery power management

A method and apparatus are provided for distributing power within a cardiac treatment and monitoring system which includes a defibrillator releasably coupled to a patient monitoring unit. The method includes the steps of determining a battery reserve capacity within the patient monitoring unit and d...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHULZ ANDREAS, CLAPP ALAN E, LOEHNING WILFRIED, GRAY JAMES M, SCHIEBLE DAVID L, BAYER BRIAN, SCHLOSSER HORST, PALMER MICHAEL J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus are provided for distributing power within a cardiac treatment and monitoring system which includes a defibrillator releasably coupled to a patient monitoring unit. The method includes the steps of determining a battery reserve capacity within the patient monitoring unit and distributing power from the patient monitoring system to a defibrillator when the determined battery reserve capacity exceeds a threshold value.