Title :
Atrial defibrillation using low tilt pulses delivered by transcutaneous RF coupling
Author :
Santos, J.A. ; Manoharan, Ganesh ; Evans, N.E. ; Anderson, J. McC ; Kidawi, B.J. ; Allen, J.D. ; Adgey, A.A.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Mech. Eng., Ulster Univ., Newtownabbey, UK
fDate :
11/8/2001 12:00:00 AM
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 100 V amplitude and 10 ms width
Keywords :
cardiology; defibrillators; 10 ms; 100 V; 7.2 MHz; animal cardioversion; atrial defibrillation; heart; implanted passive receiver; low-tilt pulses; transcutaneous RF coupling; transdermal transformer; unipolar DC shock;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010965
