Patent ID: 7899529

Claim:
An apparatus for packaging an energy storage capacitor in an external defibrillator, the apparatus comprising: a defibrillator housing having a first interior region and a second interior region; capacitor interface electronics located in the second interior region; a wound core disposed in the first region of the housing and adapted for electrical connection to the capacitor interface electronics, the wound core being arranged in such a manner that a void for receiving potting material is positioned between the wound core and a side surface of the housing; a conductive path adapted to electrically connect the wound core in the first region of the housing to the capacitor interface electronics in the second region of the housing; the first region being sized to receive the wound core and the potting material, and having a cavity defined by the side surface, a closed first end, and an at least partially open second end, the second region being sized to receive the capacitor interface electronics; and an exterior housing surface arrangeable to at least in part surround each of the first and second interior regions.