CARDIOVERTOR/DEFIBRILLATOR
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1. A cardiovertor/defibrillator comprising:
- a casing (11);
electronics (12) arranged within said casing (11);
a detection device (16) connected to said electronics (12);
a stimulation device (17) connected to said electronics (12); and
the electronics (12) being arranged to receive a detection signal from said detection device (16) indicating a disorder of a body including at least one of a fibrillating heart, a heart infarct, a brain infarct and a TIA, to process said detection signal and to generate a control signal for said stimulation device (17) based on said detection signal in order to allow said stimulation device (17) to generate a resuscitating stimulation in order to activate the respiratory centre in the brainstem and, in turn, counteract said disorder, the casing (11) being designed as a nose plug arranged to be inserted into a nostril, and the stimulation device (17) being arranged to stimulate a pharyngeal area of said mammal by a mechanical, chemical or electrical stimulation, and, in case, of electrical stimulation, the stimulation device comprises electrodes to be located on or in the pharyncheal area only.
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Abstract
Cardiovertor/defibrillator with electronics (12) that receives a detection signal from a detection device (16) indicating whether a heart of a mammal is fibrillating, processes the detection signal by running a program and generates a control signal for a stimulation device (17) based on the detection signal in order to allow the stimulation device (17) to provoke defibrillation of the heart by a resuscitating stimulationin the area of the pharynx of the mammal. The apparatus has a nose plug.
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1. A cardiovertor/defibrillator comprising:
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a casing (11); electronics (12) arranged within said casing (11); a detection device (16) connected to said electronics (12); a stimulation device (17) connected to said electronics (12); and the electronics (12) being arranged to receive a detection signal from said detection device (16) indicating a disorder of a body including at least one of a fibrillating heart, a heart infarct, a brain infarct and a TIA, to process said detection signal and to generate a control signal for said stimulation device (17) based on said detection signal in order to allow said stimulation device (17) to generate a resuscitating stimulation in order to activate the respiratory centre in the brainstem and, in turn, counteract said disorder, the casing (11) being designed as a nose plug arranged to be inserted into a nostril, and the stimulation device (17) being arranged to stimulate a pharyngeal area of said mammal by a mechanical, chemical or electrical stimulation, and, in case, of electrical stimulation, the stimulation device comprises electrodes to be located on or in the pharyncheal area only. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of counteracting a disorder of a body comprising:
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detecting whether said body shows said disorder of a body including at least one of a fibrillating heart, a heart infarct, a brain infarct and a TIA; generating a resuscitating stimulation in order to activate the respiratory centre in the brainstem and, in turn, activate the cardiovascular control centre and thus to counteract said disorder; and wherein said resuscitating stimulation is applied to a pharyngeal area of said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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