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External defibrillator

  • US 8,364,260 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2011
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external defibrillator comprising:

  • a battery;

    a capacitor electrically communicable with the battery;

    at least two electrodes electrically communicable with the capacitor and with the skin of a patient;

    a controller configured to charge the capacitor from the battery and to discharge the capacitor through the electrodes;

    a unitary support supporting the battery, capacitor and controller in a deployment configuration; and

    adhesive adapted to attach the external defibrillator to human skin in the deployment configuration;

    the battery, capacitor, controller and electrodes being arranged within the support so that the external defibrillator has a maximum weight per unit area of 0.1 lb/in2 in the deployment configuration.

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