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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jakub Hirschberg, Taeby, SE;
Hans Strandberg, Sundbyberg, SE;
Assignee:
Pacesetter AB, Solna, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607-7 ; 128908 ;
Abstract
An implantable defibrillator has a charging circuit which charges a capacitance, electrodes for delivering energy from the capacitance to a heart, and a switching stage for discharging the capacitance through the electrodes and across heart tissue to defibrillate the heart, as needed. A non-inductive current limiter is connected in vivo in the discharge path for limiting the current supplied to the heart tissue to predetermined maximum value.