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A Post editor's invention could place lifesaving AEDs within easy reach during a sudden cardiac arrest emergency.
The Neighborhood-Heart-Watch Lockbox is available for purchase, according to engineer-inventor Paul SerVaas. The purchase price of $345 includes 12 numbered keys and a master key. The box weighs about 40 pounds and can be sent via UPS.
This secure box for an AED can be installed in neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and other residential locations where a defibrillator might be needed. The box and 40 1/2-inch pedestal can be bolted to a concrete pad; a second model includes a 58-inch post and is designed to be set into the ground.
A wall-mounted lockbox is in the planning stages.
Another innovative new idea of the engineer, the AED-equipped car, was recently granted patent protection. As mentioned in a previous newsletter, Patricia Moore was so convinced of the benefits of a defibrillator-equipped car after reading Paul SerVaas' article in the Post that she challenged her husband, Tom, a director of engineering at Daimler Chrysler, to include an AED in a new concept car. Tom followed up on the idea, and a prototype was introduced to the Detroit automotive press last November. SerVaas is donating any royalties to the American Heart Association.
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