DocumentCode
1171975
Title
The Development of a Portable Defibrillator
Author
Kouwenhoven, W.B. ; Knickerbocker, G.G.
Volume
81
Issue
3
fYear
1962
fDate
4/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
428
Lastpage
431
Abstract
The only effective way of arresting ventricular fibrillation in a heart, which has been thrown into that condition by an electric shock or other cause, is to send sufficient current through the heart to contract it. A portable external defibrillator has been developed which uses a simulated alterating current of one cycle supplied by capacitor discharges. It has been proved effective in bringing the fibrillating heart to rest, and has not injured a normal beating heart.
Keywords
Conductors; Corona; Laboratories; Space charge; Tellurium; Testing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Apparatus and Systems, Part III. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2460
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/AIEEPAS.1962.4501347
Filename
4501347
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