System and method inducing fibrillation using an implantable def

Details System and method inducing fibrillation using an implantable def System and method inducing fibrillation using an implantable def

1995-06-07

1997-07-01

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

A61N 1362

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056433239

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for inducing fibrillation generates a continuous fibrillation waveform from the internal battery source of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The continuous fibrillation waveform has a voltage of at least 5 volts and not more than 50 volts and a duration of not less than 500 milliseconds and is applied though the at least two implantable electrodes so as to induce fibrillation in the heart of the human patient.

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