DocumentCode
1028564
Title
A Portable Defibrillator
Author
Knickerbocker, G. Guy ; Becker, Earl M. ; Kouwenhoven, W.B.
Author_Institution
The Johns Hopkins University
Volume
82
Issue
69
fYear
1963
Firstpage
1089
Lastpage
1093
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Animals; Batteries; Blood; Capacitors; Counting circuits; Electric shock; Fibrillation; Heart; Safety devices; Wiring;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9510
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPAS.1963.291499
Filename
4072913
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