Patent US4857615A successfully refreshed from Google Patents.
← Back to Patent Explorer
US3605754A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Double pulse heart defibrillator and method of use

Assignee: South African Inventions Development Corp
•
Filing: 1968-09-25
•
Granted: 1971-09-20
•
Expires: 1988-09-25
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract A METHOD OF DEFIBRILLATING A HEART, WHICH INCLUDES DEPOLARIZING BY FIRST ELECTRIC PULSE, THOSE HEART MUSCLE FIBRES WHICH ARE IN A RECEPTIVE STATE, AND OF LATER DEPOLARIZING HEART MUSCLE FIBRES BY A SECOND ELECTRICAL PULSE AT A TIME INTERVAL AFTER THE FIRST PULSE, SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT ALL THE HEART MUSCLE FIBRES TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A RECEPTIVE STATE. THE APPARATUS FOR ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITORS WHICH ARE CHARGED FROM A VARIABLE POWER SUPPLY VIA A CAPACITOR CHARGE AND IMPULSE DISCHARGE INVERTER AND DISCHARGED WHEN DESIRED UNDER THE CONTROL OF A STORED ENERGY MONITOR VIA DAMPING AND SAFETY CIRCUITS TO ENERGIZE ELECTRODES.

Inventors

  • 👤 George Gustav Jaros
  • 👤 Johannes Petrus Gous
  • 👤 Johan Samuel Loubser

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 22:31
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/38; A61N1/39; A61N1/3904; A61N1/3906

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 0
No claims parsed yet. Click Sync Now above to re-index claims from Google Patents.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

No citation records indexed.

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1974-09-19 1975-03-21 1975-09-20 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1978-09-19 1979-03-21 1979-09-20 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1982-09-19 1983-03-21 1983-09-20 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag