Electrical circuit for ventricular defibrillator

Claim 1

IN A VENTRICULAR DEFIBRILLATOR FOR DELIVERING SUCCESSIVE PULSES OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT FROM A PLURALITY OF CAPACITORS TO A PAIR OF ELECTRODES IN CONTACT WITH A PATIENT''S BODY, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SOURCE OF HIGHVOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT AND AT LEAST TWO CAPACITORS AND A PAIR OF ELECTRODES AND A CHARGING SWITCH AND A DISCHARGING SWITCH, THE CHARGING SWITCH HAVING TWO POSITIONS IN THE FIRST OF WHICH IT CONNECTS THE CAPACITORS IN PARALLEL TO THE HIGH-VOLTAGE SOURCE AND DISCONNECTS THOSE SAME ELEMENTS COMPLETELY FROM THE DISCHARGING SWITCH AND THE ELECTRODES, THE DISCHARGING SWITCH HAVING CONDUCTING ARMATURE MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN COCKED AND UNCOCKED POSITIONS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF CONTACTS, EACH OF SAID PAIRS OF CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER SEPARATELY AND SUCCESSIVELY AND MOMENTARILY BY THE ARMATURE MEANS WHEN SAID MEANS MOVES FROM ITS COCKED TO ITS UNCOCKED POSITION, MEANS FOR COCKING THE DISCHARGING SWITCH, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING THE DISCHARGING SWITCH IN ITS COCKED POSITION, AND MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN THE DISCHARGING SWITCH IS IN ITS COCKED POSITION TO MOVE THE CHARGING SWITCH FROM ITS FIRST POSITION TO ITS SECOND POSITION, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS INCLUDING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS THAT ARE CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH A SOURCE OF CURRENT BY THE ARMATURE MEANS WHEN THE LATTER IS IN ITS COCKED POSITION, THE CHARGING SWITCH IN ITS SECOND POSITION DISCONNECTING THE HIGH-VOLTAGE SOURCE COMPLETELY FROM THE CAPACITORS AND FROM THE DISCHARGING SWITCH AND THE ELECTRODES AND CONNECTING A FIRST SIDE OF EACH CAPACITOR TO THE FIRST ELECTRODE AND THE OTHER SIDE OF A FIRST CAPACITOR TO A CONTACT IN A FIRST OF SAID PAIRS OF DISCHARGING SWITCH CONTACTS AND CONNECTING THE OTHER SIDE OF A SECOND CAPACITOR TO A CONTACT IN A SECOND OF SAID PAIRS OF CONTACTS, THE OTHER CONTACT OF EACH OF SAID PAIRS OF CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED TO THE SECOND ELECTRODE, AND MEANS FOR MOVING THE DISCHARGING SWITCH FROM ITS COCKED TO ITS UNCOCKED POSITION TO PROVIDE SEQUENTIAL PULSES OF CURRENT THROUGH THE ELECTRODES AND THE PATIENT''S BODY.