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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
Taser International, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Stephen D. Handel, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Steven N. D. Brundula, Sedro-Woolley, WA (US);
Magne H. Nerheim, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A conducted electrical weapon ('CEW') launches wire-tethered electrodes to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The current may ionize air in a gap. A gap may occur between terminals at a face of the CEW and/or between the electrodes positioned near target tissue. A CEW may include a detector to detect ionization of air in a gap. A CEW may use information related to detecting ionization to determine a location where the ionization occurred. Information regarding location of ionization may be used to determine whether the current was delivered through the target via the electrodes.