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Implantable Heart AidCPI's human-implantable automatic implantable defibrillator (AID) is a heart assist system, derived from NASA's space circuitry technology, that can prevent erratic heart action known as arrhythmias. Implanted AID, consisting of microcomputer power source and two electrodes for sensing heart activity, recognizes onset of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and delivers corrective electrical countershock to restore rhythmic heartbeat.
Document ID
20020091937
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Spinoff 1984
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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