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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1993
Joseph M Bocek, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul E de Coriolis, Bellevue, WA (US);
InControl, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A pulse generator for use in a defibrillator provides cardioverting electrical energy to a heart through at least one lead having a pair of electrodes associated with the heart. Electrical energy is applied to the heart with a biphasic waveform having a first cardioverting phase and a second cardioverting phase. A crosspoint switch selectively couples a storage capacitor to the lead means. A master switch decouples the crosspoint switch from the storage capacitor while the crosspoint switch connections are changed between the first cardioverting phase and the second cardioverting phase. A control circuit provides independent control of the duration of both the first and second cardioverting phases.