Battery failure compensation for a power supply used in an implantable defibrillator
US4323075A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1979 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3975
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fully implantable power supply for use with or in a fully implantable defibrillator, which has a fibrillation detector in circuit with the power supply and a power inverter switchably in circuit with the power supply. The power supply comprises an energy source which includes a plurality of batteries arranged in series, each of the batteries having a pair of output terminals, each of the batteries producing a multilevel voltage across its pair of output terminals, the voltage being at a first level when the battery is fully charged and dropping to a second level at some point during the discharge of the battery. Circuitry in the form of a plurality of unidirectional conducting devices is provided for creating a first conductive path between the serially-connected batteries and the fibrillation detector, and a second conductive path between the inverter and the batteries that are producing the first level of voltage.
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