Our home-based, mains-operated, automatic external defibrillator uses AC electrical energy to generate a defibrillating or pacing waveform and is immediately operational. The defibrillator is also able to generate the required synchronized waveforms for override pacing to terminate Ventricular Tachycardia (VT). Furthermore, there is no delay in repeated operation, thus allowing for immediate repeated defibrillation, pacing in the case of cardiac standstill and pacing override for VT termination. It would be available at a low cost without the need for batteries or the use of expensive capacitors. The device in such a form is virtually maintenance-free.
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The aortic pacemaker may be used to increase coronary blood flow or drive blood forward from the heart. It would selectively pace the aortic media in a synchronized manner during ventricular diastole to induce its contraction in order to use the aorta to pump blood. It would include sensing, processing and pacing capabilities. It may be used in acute or chronic settings, in hospitalized as well as outpatients, without disrupting normal life.
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A Computerized Automatic Pressure Sensor and Inflator Device (CAPSID)
Since trauma to the vessel wall is the major determinant of late restenosis and no therapy to reduce it has yet been proven effective in humans, it was our aim to develop a new, less traumatic inflation protocol using the Computerized Automatic Pressure Sensor and Inflator Device (CAPSID). The inflation protocol is accurately controlled by a computer that activates a stepper motor that rotates the pump inflator according to the pre-defined protocol that may be changed by the operating physician.
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