Patent ID: 7860565
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A defibrillator adapted to selectively provide defibrillation pulses in a defibrillation mode and pacing pulses in a pacing mode, comprising: patient electrodes; a power source for providing power; an energy delivery system coupled to the power source and the electrodes, having; the energy delivery system configured to generate electrical energy, store the electrical energy in the storage circuit, and couple the stored electrical energy to the patient electrodes to deliver the defibrillation pulses in the defibrillation mode, and further configured to generate current pulses and couple the current pulses to the patient electrodes via the storage circuit to deliver the current pulses as pacing pulses in the pacing mode; and a controller coupled to the energy delivery system, having the controller closes the measuring circuit switch to bypass the sensing resistors during the defibrillation mode.