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US 6,185,456 B2Granted
Defibrillator disarm circuit utilizing thermal feedback
AssigneeMedical Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorMichael C. Garrett
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Abstract
A discharge resistor is thermally monitored under computer supervisory control. Current flow through the resistor is duty-cycle controlled to prevent thermal damage.
Claims11
Apparatus for discharging a defibrillator capacitor, comprising:
- energy consuming means for consuming energy stored in said defibrillator capacitor;
- a computer means;
- first monitoring means for monitoring the energy consumption of said energy consuming means and for sending an output signal in response thereto to said computer means;
- control means coupled to said energy consuming means to control energy consumed thereby and to said computer means, in response to a control signal from said computer means;
- said computer means including means to send said control signal to said control means to control energy consumed by said energy consuming means in response to the output signal from the first monitoring means.
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