Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1998-03-05
2000-03-21
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 139
Patent
active
060412542
ABSTRACT:
An external defibrillator (8) with an output circuit (14) having four legs arrayed in the form of an "H" (an "H-bridge") is disclosed. Each leg of the output circuit contains a solid-state switch (31, 32, 33, 34). By selectively switching on pairs of switches in the H-bridge, a biphasic defibrillation pulse may be applied to a patient. The switches in three of the legs of the H-bridge output circuit are preferably silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs). Gate drive circuits (51, 53, 54) are coupled to the SCRs to bias the SCRs with a voltage that allows the SCRs to remain turned-on even when conducting low current. The switch in the fourth leg is preferably a pair of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) coupled in series. A gate drive circuit (52) is coupled to the gate of the IGBTs to provide a slow turn-on and a fast turn-off of the IGBTs. The gate drive circuit (52) also biases the IGBTs with a sufficient voltage to allow the IGBTs to withstand a shorted discharge of the external defibrillator through the output circuit. The circuit also includes a protective component (27) that has both inductive and resistive properties. The protective component (27) serves to both limit current during a defibrillation pulse, and to absorb energy during an internal energy dump. An internal energy dump is performed by biasing on the switches in two legs on the same side of the H-bridge output circuit (14), eliminating the need for a separate energy dump circuit.
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Borschowa Lawrence A.
Nova Richard C.
Sullivan Joseph L.
Kamm William E.
Physio-Control Manufacturing Corporation
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