1. A recording apparatus, comprising:
a main body section comprising recording means for recording an image on a recording medium;
a leg section removably mounted to a lower portion of the main body section to support the main body section;
a plurality of slits formed in a back surface of the main body section; and
a grip mounted to the back surface of the main body section and inserted into the plurality of slits,
the grip having a height that is variable in a direction perpendicular to the back surface.
2. A recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the grip comprises a belt,
wherein the plurality of slits are arranged in parallel to each other along a vertical direction when the recording apparatus is set upright, and
wherein the belt is fixed at an end portion thereof to the main body section, and is inserted into the plurality of slits to alternately pass through an inside and an outside of the main body section so that the belt protrudes to the outside at least at one position.
3. A recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the leg section comprises a stopper for preventing slip of the leg section, and
wherein the stopper is brought into contact with an installation surface when the recording apparatus is set upright.
4. A recording apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the plurality of slits are formed in at least eight positions,
wherein at least two parts of the belt protrude outward from the back surface, and
wherein both end portions of the belt are fixed on an outer side of the back surface.
5. A recording apparatus according claim 1, further comprising:
a packing box in which the recording apparatus is to be accommodated; and
a table fixed to a bottom surface of the packing box,
wherein a part of the back surface of the main body section is fixed to the table, and
wherein the main body section is accommodated in the packing box at a position at which the back surface and the bottom surface are opposed to each other.
6. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the grip is moved in a direction parallel to the back surface.
7. A method of assembling a recording apparatus,
the recording apparatus comprising:
a main body section comprising recording means for recording an image on a recording medium;
a leg section removably mounted to a lower portion of the main body section to support the main body section;
a plurality of slits arranged in a back surface of the main body section; and
a grip inserted into the plurality of slits,
the leg section comprising a caster to be brought into contact with an installation surface when the recording apparatus is set upright, and a stopper arranged on an outer periphery of the caster,
the leg section being separated from the main body section under a state in which the recording apparatus is packed in a packing box,
the back surface of the main body section being partially placed and fixed to a table placed on a bottom surface of the packing box,
the method comprising the steps of, when assembling the recording apparatus:
fixing the leg section to the main body section at a position at which the leg section is kept out of contact with the installation surface;
raising the main body section while an operator holds the grip to bring the stopper into abutment on the installation surface; and
further raising the main body section about a fulcrum corresponding to the stopper held in abutment on the installation surface to set the recording apparatus upright.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method implemented using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), comprising:
detecting a cardiac tachyarrhythmia of a patient using the ICD;
delivering a defibrillation therapy to treat the tachyarrhythmia using the ICD;
if the defibrillation therapy fails to terminate the tachyarrhythmia, temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy at least for a time during which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered to the patient;
detecting CPR compressions using the ICD; and
enabling the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to termination of CPR.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy in response to the detecting the CPR compressions.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the defibrillation therapy fails to terminate the cardiac arrhythmia, and in response to the ICD detecting CPR compressions, temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy.
4. A method implemented using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), comprising:
detecting a cardiac tachyarrhythmia of a patient using the ICD;
delivering a defibrillation therapy to treat the tachyarrhythmia using the ICD;
if the defibrillation therapy fails to terminate the tachyarrhythmia, temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy at least for a time during which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered to the patient;
delivering, using the ICD, pacing pulses to the patient’s heart at least during a time when defibrillation therapy is temporarily disabled; and
enabling the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to termination of CPR.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising delivering, using the ICD, pacing pulses to the patient’s heart in timed relation to the detected CPR compressions at least during a time when defibrillation therapy is temporarily disabled.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling the ICD comprises enabling the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to the ICD detecting termination of CPR compressions.
7. A method implemented using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), comprising:
detecting a cardiac tachyarrhythmia of a patient using the ICD;
delivering a defibrillation therapy to treat the tachyarrhythmia using the ICD;
if the defibrillation therapy fails to terminate the tachyarrhythmia, temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy at least for a time during which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered to the patient;
generating audible prompts for prompting for a series of CPR compressions; and
enabling the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to termination of CPR.
8. The method of claim 7, comprising:
delivering, using the ICD, pacing pulses to a heart chamber in coordination with the compression prompting.
9. A method implemented using an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), comprising:
detecting a cardiac tachyarrhythmia of a patient using the ICD;
delivering a defibrillation therapy to treat the tachyarrhythmia using the ICD, wherein delivering the defibrillation therapy comprises;
if the defibrillation therapy fails to terminate the tachyarrhythmia, temporarily disabling the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy at least for a time during which cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is administered to the patient;
detecting the patient’s transthoracic impedance using the ICD;
delivering, using the ICD, pacing pulses in coordination with changes in the detected transthoracic impedance; and
enabling the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to termination of CPR.
10. A medical device, comprising:
an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) comprising a compression detector configured to detect cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions; and
a controller of the ICD configured to detect a cardiac tachyarrhythmia of a patient and deliver defibrillation therapy to treat the tachyarrhythmia, the controller, in response to the defibrillation therapy failing to terminate the tachyarrhythmia, configured to temporarily disable the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy at least for a time during which CPR is administered to the patient in response to the compression detector detecting CPR compressions, the controller configured to enable the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to termination of CPR.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to temporarily disable the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy in response to the compression detector detecting the CPR compressions.
12. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to temporarily disable the ICD from delivering defibrillation therapy in response to the defibrillation therapy failing to terminate the tachyarrhythmia and the compression detector detecting the CPR compressions.
13. The device of claim 10, wherein the ICD comprises a pacemaker, the controller configured to coordinate delivery of pacing pulses to the patient’s heart by the pacemaker at least during a time when defibrillation therapy is temporarily disabled.
14. The device of claim 10, wherein the ICD comprises a pacemaker, the controller configured to coordinate delivery of pacing pulses to the patient’s heart by the pacemaker in timed relation to the detected CPR compressions at least during a time when defibrillation therapy is temporarily disabled.
15. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to enable the ICD to deliver defibrillation therapy in response to the compression detector detecting termination of CPR compressions.
16. The device of claim 10, wherein the ICD comprises an audio signal generator, and the controller is configured to cooperate with the audio signal generator to generate audible prompts for prompting for a series of CPR compressions.
17. The device of claim 10, wherein the ICD comprises an audio signal generator and a pacemaker, the controller configured to cooperate with the audio signal generator and the pacemaker to generate audible prompts for prompting for a series of CPR compressions and deliver a pacing pulse to a heart chamber in coordination with the compression prompting.
18. The device of claim 10, wherein the compression detector comprises a transthoracic impedance sensor and the ICD comprises a pacemaker, the controller configured to control delivery of pacing pulses in coordination with changes in a sensed transthoracic impedance signal produced by the impedance sensor indicative of CPR compressions.
19. The device of claim 10, wherein the compression detector comprises an accelerometer and the ICD comprises a pacemaker, the controller configured to control delivery of pacing pulses in coordination with changes in an accelerometer output signal produced by the accelerometer indicative of CPR compressions.
20. The device of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to store data pertaining to coordination between electrical cardiac stimulation and CPR compression, and transfer the stored data to an external device.