Apparatus for producing heart defibrillation sequences from stim

Details Apparatus for producing heart defibrillation sequences from stim Apparatus for producing heart defibrillation sequences from stim

1993-09-01

1995-11-07

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

A61N 1362

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054644291

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for producing heart defibrillation sequences formed of stimulation pulses and defibrillation shocks contains a unit for delivering pulses through an intracardiac or epicardiac electrode, normally for cardiac pacing, and defibrillator circuitry for delivering defibrillation shocks through defibrillation electrodes. The unit for delivering pacing pulses has an output stage which is capable of generating a stimulation pulse, delivered to the heart via the pacing electrode, having a higher energy content than a pacing pulse, but considerably less energy than a conventional defibrillation shock. A control unit is connected to the unit for delivering stimulation pulses and to the defibrillator circuitry for forming a defibrillation sequence consisting of stimulation pulses and defibrillation shocks. The control unit determines the timing for delivering the stimulation pulses and the defibrillation shocks.

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