Patent ID: 7984579

Claim:
A launch controller for an electronic weapon, the electronic weapon, when combined with a unit for deployment, for causing skeletal muscle contractions in a human or animal target, the launch controller comprising: a detector; a processor coupled to the detector; a stimulus signal generator; and a switch for completing, when conducting, a first circuit in combination with a unit for deployment, the first circuit, when completed, for operating a propellant of the unit for deployment to deploy at least two electrodes of the unit for deployment to enable the stimulus signal generator to deliver through the target a stimulus current to incapacitate the target by causing contractions of the skeletal muscles of the target; wherein the detector is coupled to the switch and detects whether the unit for deployment is combined with the electronic weapon and whether the switch is conducting: and the processor, in response to the detector, determines whether the switch is conducting prior to combining the unit for deployment and the electronic weapon.