Title :
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Author :
Warren, Jay A. ; Dreher, Robert D. ; Jaworski, Ronald V. ; Putzke, James J. ; Russie, Renold J.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev., Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA
fDate :
3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The electrical design challenges for implantable defibrillators are discussed based on the following criteria: device evolution, system architecture, therapy delivery, mid heart activity sensing circuits. The discussion includes the incidence of sudden cardiac death and the clinical requirements of device hardware. System architecture includes the three dependent entities that define the system mid the functional components of the implanted device
Keywords :
defibrillators; design engineering; clinical requirements; device evolution; device hardware; electrical design challenges; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; mid-heart activity sensing circuits; sudden cardiac death; system architecture; therapy delivery; Cardiology; Circuits; Defibrillation; Hardware; Heart; Medical treatment; Pacemakers; Pathology; Probability; Thyristors;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
