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Battery test circuit for a heart pacemaker

US4715381A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 17, 1986
Grant dateDec 29, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/3708
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A battery test circuit for a heart pacemaker has a stimulation pulse counter and input logic which identify the consumed charge from the operating values of the pacemaker, from the number of stimulation pulses emitted, and from a time-dependent base value. The consumed charge identified in each test is summed in a charge counter. The content of the charge counter is accordingly a measure for the total charge consumed.

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