Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1992-06-24
1995-12-12
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 139
Patent
active
054745748
ABSTRACT:
A cardiac monitoring and defibrillation system is provided which may be embodied as a bedside unit or as an ambulatory unit. The system includes amplification and processing circuitry which receives and conditions inputs from a variety of sensing means such as an electrocardiogram, a blood oxygenation sensor, a blood pressure monitor, and a cardiac acoustical transducer. A noise and artifact discrimination procedure is employed to prevent erroneous detection of the onset of cardiac arrhythmias. In response to the conditioned inputs from the monitoring means, the microprocessor controls therapeutic electrical stimulus which may be delivered to a patient in accordance with a cardioverter/defibrillator step therapy method. The microprocessor may be operated or programmed by means of a control panel or an external programming and monitoring unit. In one embodiment, the system includes a bidirectional communication link which allows the microprocessor to be monitored and programmed by a physician at a remote location. Furthermore, the system provides a method for detecting cardiac arrhythmias and distinguishing between the different types of arrhythmias which may be detected.
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Brodsky Michael A.
Cooper Howard K.
Mathur Prabodh
Payne Errol G.
Saadatmanesh Vahid
Cardiac Science Inc.
Kamm William E.
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