Patent ID: 7016726

Claim:
A defibrillator comprising: at least one electrode pad having an electrode pad type operable to contact a patient; a medical electrode connector, connected to the defibrillator electrode pad on one end and the defibrillator on the other end, and including a magnet which is operable to identify the electrode pad type to the defibrillator; a front-end circuit operation to be coupled to the electrode pad and to receive identification information from the electrode pad; a shock delivery circuit coupled to the electrode pad; and a processor coupled to the front-end and shock delivery circuits and operable to determine whether the patient is experiencing a shockable heart condition and to enable the shock-delivery circuit to deliver a shock to the patient via the electrode pads if the processor determines that the patient is experiencing a shockable heart condition, wherein the defibrillator further comprises means for detecting the magnetic field produced by the magnet when the medical electrode connector is connected to the defibrillator to identify the electrode pad type to the defibrillator.