• DocumentCode
    770778
  • 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
  • Volume
    84
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    468
  • Lastpage
    479
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5.486748
  • Filename
    486748