Staged energy concentration for a defibrillator
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1. An implantable defibrillator for delivering electrical defibrillation pulses to a plurality of implanted electrodes proximate a heart of a human patient for treating a ventricular fibrillation, comprising:
- monitoring means for electrically monitoring the heart for an occurrence of ventricular fibrillation;
charge storage means for storing an electrical defibrillation pulse to be delivered to the plurality of implanted electrodes;
control means for controlling the charging and discharging of the charge storage means in response to each occurrence of ventricular fibrillation; and
battery means for powering the monitoring and control means and for providing the electrical energy for charging the charge storage means, the battery means comprising a first, non-rechargeable battery and a second, rechargeable battery for rapidly recharging the charge storage means.
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Abstract
A system and method of power delivery to a main countershock electrical circuit in an implantable defibrillator comprises a staged energy configuration. Monitoring and control elements cooperate with staged batteries. The batteries comprise a first, non-rechargeable battery and a second, rechargeable battery for rapidly recharging a defibrillation capacitor.
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18 Claims
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1. An implantable defibrillator for delivering electrical defibrillation pulses to a plurality of implanted electrodes proximate a heart of a human patient for treating a ventricular fibrillation, comprising:
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monitoring means for electrically monitoring the heart for an occurrence of ventricular fibrillation; charge storage means for storing an electrical defibrillation pulse to be delivered to the plurality of implanted electrodes; control means for controlling the charging and discharging of the charge storage means in response to each occurrence of ventricular fibrillation; and battery means for powering the monitoring and control means and for providing the electrical energy for charging the charge storage means, the battery means comprising a first, non-rechargeable battery and a second, rechargeable battery for rapidly recharging the charge storage means.
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2. A staged energy delivery system for an implantable defibrillator, comprising:
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discharge capacitance means for charge storage; a first stage of energy concentration comprising a non-rechargeable battery; and a second stage of energy concentration comprising a rechargeable battery means for rapidly charging the discharge capacitance means the discharge capacitance means and the first stage and second stage of energy concentration all being contained within the implantable defibrillator. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An energy delivery system for an implantable defibrillator, comprising:
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capacitor means for energy storage; a first stage of energy concentration comprising a non-rechargeable battery; and a second stage of energy concentration comprising a rechargeable battery means for providing energy to the capacitor means so that defibrillation pulses are readily available for use by the implantable defibrillator, the capacitor means, the first stage of energy concentration and the second stage of energy concentration all being contained within the implantable defibrillator. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing staged energy delivery in an implantable defibrillator having a main countershock electrical circuit including a discharge capacitor, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a first stage of energy concentration using a non-rechargeable battery electrically connected to the main countershock electrical circuit; and arranging a second stage of energy concentration using a rechargeable battery means electrically connected in parallel to the non-rechargeable battery for providing electrical energy to the main countershock electrical circuit so that defibrillation countershock pulses are readily available for use by the implantable defibrillator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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