1976-05-10
1978-05-23
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61N 136
Patent
active
040905195
ABSTRACT:
A defibrillator which may be portable and which may be used without relying on electrical supply mains. The apparatus comprises a capacitor, an inductance and a pair of electrodes whereby the capacitor is discharged through a patient and the selection of the energy level, the capacitor and the inductance being such that the voltage wave-form of the discharge pulse has a duration of between ten and fifteen milliseconds, a peak value of not more than 4 kilovolts and a minimum rise time to that peak of 1,000 microseconds.
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Machin, "Medical and Biological Engineering", vol. 13, No. 2, Mar., 1975, pp. 240-244.
Anderson John
Pantridge James Francis
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