Patent ID: 8195291

Claim:
A system for the treatment of an arrhythmia of a patient comprising: a battery; a first capacitor; an arrhythmia detector capable of being coupled to the patient, the detector operable to detect an arrhythmia of the patient; an output circuit coupled to the first capacitor, to the patient and to the arrhythmia detector, the output circuit operable to deliver a shock voltage from the first capacitor to the patient responsive to the arrhythmia detector having detected an arrhythmia of the patient; and a charging module coupled to the battery, the first capacitor and the arrhythmia detector, the charging module adapted to: charge the first capacitor from the battery, responsive to the output circuit having delivered the shock voltage to the patient and without determining the patient's state, terminate the charging the first capacitor responsive to the first capacitor having the shock voltage, maintain the shock voltage on the first capacitor responsive to the terminating the charging the first capacitor, and terminate the maintaining the shock voltage on the first capacitor responsive to the detection of an arrhythmia.