A Portable Defibrillator

A portable electric defibrillator has been designed, capable of being operated from 115 volts a-c or from 6-or 12-volt storage or dry batteries. Features have been incorporated to insure safety, to both the operator and the victim. Prototypes of this type of equipment have been tested extensively on...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power apparatus and systems 1963-12, Vol.82 (69), p.1089-1093
Main Authors: Knickerbocker, G. Guy, Becker, Earl M., Kouwenhoven, W. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Batteries
Blood
Capacitors
Counting circuits
Electric shock
Fibrillation
Heart
Safety devices
Wiring
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Summary:A portable electric defibrillator has been designed, capable of being operated from 115 volts a-c or from 6-or 12-volt storage or dry batteries. Features have been incorporated to insure safety, to both the operator and the victim. Prototypes of this type of equipment have been tested extensively on animals, . and have been used successfully on six human victims of ventricular fibrillation in the hospital. The defibrillator discussed here has been successfully employed once.
ISSN:0018-9510
2995-6323
DOI:10.1109/TPAS.1963.291499