EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION ELECTRODE CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE DISPERSAL PAD

• Main Authors: SIMS, Jerome II, CANO, David A, BAST, Gerard A, MESIAS, Lisa Anne Harness, TIMSON, Philip, CRUTCHFIELD, Randolph E, PORTER, Mark E, NORGAARD, Clark B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.05.2020
• Subjects: ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

An external defibrillator system may include processing circuitry; signal generation circuitry communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry; and a plurality of electrodes, each including an electrode body electrically coupled to the signal generation circuitry and configured to deliver an electrical pulse therapy to a patient; and an electrolyte dispersal pad that includes a substrate defining a plurality of wells, each defining an opening; an electrolyte material, e.g., fluid, disposed within at least a portion of the plurality of wells; and a conductive material disposed over at least a portion of the openings and configured to retain the electrolyte material within the plurality of wells, where the processing circuitry is configured control the signal generation circuitry to pass a current pulse through a portion of the conductive material to fuse the portion of the conductive material to release the electrolyte material from at least one of the wells.