SLOW RISE DEFIBRILLATION WAVEFORMS FOR A PULSE MODULATED CIRCUIT

• Main Authors: BELK, PAUL, A, DEGROOT, PAUL, J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.06.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

The present invention provides structures and methods for delivering a complex slow-rise defibrillation waveform wherein in lieu of the simple truncation of prior art defibrillation waveforms, when a predetermined amplitude is reached for an ascending waveform (e.g., a ramp waveform), the waveform t...