Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1995-12-06
1997-09-02
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
A61N 136
Patent
active
056626983
ABSTRACT:
A defibrillation insulating device prevents current from directly shunting through the blood pool from the right ventricular defibrillation electrode to a superior vena cava electrode and vice versa. This forces current to flow through the heart muscle, thus increasing the current density throughout the heart, to depolarize the majority of the cardiac tissue with a minimum of energy.
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Altman Peter A.
Bush M. Elizabeth
Miner, II William D.
Bush M. Elizabeth
Getzow Scott M.
Kamm William E.
Meltzer Mark J.
Mitchell Steven M.
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