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AssigneeTASER International, Inc.
InventorsAndrew F. Hinz, Patrick W. Smith, Magne H. Nerheim
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An electronic weapon has an installed deployment unit, from which at least one tethered electrode is launched, provides a stimulus current through a target to inhibit locomotion by the target. The wire tether, also called a filament, conducts the stimulus current. The one or more electrodes, according to various aspects of the present invention, perform one or more of the following functions in any combination: binding the filament to the electrode, deploying the filament from the deployment unit, coupling the electrode to the target, and distributing a current density with respect to a volume of target tissue. An electrode may include conductive material and insulative material. Relatively high electric field flux density at a tip of the electrode may be reduced or avoided by practice of the invention.
An electrode, for providing a current from an electronic weapon through tissue of a human or animal target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target, the electrode comprising:
A deployment unit for providing a current from a signal generator through tissue of a human or animal target, the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target, the deployment unit comprising:
A method for conducting a current from an electronic weapon into tissue of a human or animal target, the method comprising:
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