Abstract
A new form of atrial defibrillator is described, employing a transdermal transformer to couple a 7.2 MHz RF pulse to an implanted, passive receiver; this in turn, delivers a low-tilt unipolar DC shock to the heart. In animal studies, cardioversion was 100% successful with pulses of 100V amplitude and 10ms width.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1375-1377 |
Journal | Electronic Letters |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 8 Nov 2001 |
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