Nikolai A. Gryaznov ¹, Konstantin Yu. Senchik ¹, Vyacheslav V. Kharlamov ¹, Valeriy Yu. Nekrasov ¹, Galina S. Kireeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, St. Petersburg, RU

Abstract

Manual chest compression method as a part of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a common, but not necessarily effective method of emergency in cases of the sudden cardiac arrest. In turn, the efficiency of methods using special apparatus for CPR depends on how a particular automatic system is simple to set up, operate and maintain. The article presents the data on the Russian External Cardiac Compressor (ECC) of original design for efficient chest compression and maintaining patient’s blood pressure at the required level. The algorithms of automatic operation of the ECC and the results of experimental measurements, confirming the efficiency of the proposed algorithms are described. This is the first publication on the new Russian ECC and methods of its operation.

Keywords

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, External Cardiac Compressor, Mathematical Modeling, Operating Algorithms

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Nikolai A. Gryaznov ¹, Konstantin Yu. Senchik ¹, Andrey N. Korenkov ¹, Galina S. Kireeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Russian State Scientific Center for Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, St. Petersburg, RU

Abstract

Every year in Russia circa 300,000 people die of cardiac arrest. Modern effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) facilitates preserving the blood circulation and breathing functions to the degree, required for the patient’s survival in cardiac arrest. CPR includes the patient’s chest compression at a specific frequency rate and the execution of the induced ventilation of lungs. The review considers the unassisted (manual) CPR methods; the existing devices for CPR are discussed, their advantages and disadvantages are described; the necessity to develop new complex smart mechatronic devices for external chest compression, drastically different from the existing systems, is justified.

Keywords

Adaptive, Anatomic, Cardiac Compressor, Cardiac Massage, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Mechatronic

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