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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Steven N. D. Brundula, Chandler, AZ (US);
Milan Cerovic, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Magne H. Nerheim, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Steven N. D. Brundula, Chandler, AZ (US);
Milan Cerovic, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Magne H. Nerheim, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
TASER International, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, according to various aspects of the present invention, produces contractions in skeletal muscles of a target to impede locomotion by the target. The apparatus is used with a provided deployment unit that deploys an electrode away from the apparatus. The electrode conducts a current through the target. The apparatus includes a detector that detects indicia describing the deployment unit and a processing circuit that performs a function of the launch device in accordance with the indicia.