Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1993-07-22
1995-05-09
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 1362
Patent
active
054135915
ABSTRACT:
A system and method is provided for implantable cardioverter defibrillators to truncate peak current output during defibrillation countershock therapy to a safe level irrespective of the resistance of the myocardium between the discharge electrodes implanted within the heart.
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Angeion Corporation
Getzow Scott M.
Kamm William E.
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