Defibrillator having means for generating defibrillating pulses with at least two capacitors of different configurations and corresponding method

摘要

The device has at least two capacitors (C1, C2) that are discharged in at least two phases in succession in different configurations when generating defibrillation pulses and a circuit that controls the discharge in the discharge phases of the individual configurations so that the mean voltages during the pulse durations for the individual configurations are essentially identical and no voltages below the rheobase occur in any discharge phase. Independent claims are also included for a defibrillation method.