Patent ID: 8166690

Claim:
A unit for deployment for use with an electronic weapon when electrically coupled to the electronic weapon, the electronic weapon for causing skeletal muscle contractions in a human or animal target, the unit for deployment comprising: at least two electrodes; an indicator; a propellant; a first path comprising the electrodes, the first path for completing a first circuit in combination with the electronic weapon and the target; a second path comprising the propellant, the second path for completing a second circuit in combination with the electronic weapon, the second circuit for operating the propellant to deploy the electrodes to enable the first circuit to deliver through the target a stimulus current to incapacitate the target by causing contractions of the skeletal muscles of the target; and a third path comprising at least a portion of the indicator, the third path for completing a third circuit in combination with the electronic weapon, the portion of the indicator indicates, to the electronic weapon and via the third circuit, indicia of a first property of the unit for deployment prior to operating the propellant, and indicia of a second property of the unit for deployment after operating the propellant.