• DocumentCode
    2822938
  • Title

    Lithium/silver vanadium oxide batteries for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

  • Author

    Skarstad, Paul M.

  • Author_Institution
    Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    14-17 Jan 1997
  • Firstpage
    151
  • Lastpage
    155
  • Abstract
    Medtronic has developed a line of lithium/silver vanadium oxide batteries for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Unique features of the system are described, and improvements in mechanical packaging efficiency are presented. Cell chemistry and design are outlined
  • Keywords
    defibrillators; lithium; packaging; primary cells; prosthetic power supplies; silver compounds; vanadium compounds; Li-Ag2V4O11; cell chemistry; cell design; implantable cardioverter-defibrillators; lithium/silver vanadium oxide batteries; mechanical packaging efficiency; Batteries; Cardiology; Cathodes; Chemistry; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Fibrillation; Glass; Lithium; Silver;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1997., Twelfth Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • ISSN
    1089-8182
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3631-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BCAA.1997.574096
  • Filename
    574096