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Skin-temperature distribution under a new type of defibrillating electrode
J D Bourland1, L A Geddes, G P Graber
1Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. <bourland@ecn.purdue.edu>
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
The temperature rises under a new type of x-ray-transparent, improved current-density-distribution defibrillation electrode applied to pig skin were measured at four sites with fiberoptic thermal probes. Three anesthetized pigs, ranging in weight from 79 to 92 lb, were used. Temperature-time curves were obtained and the maximum temperature was identified. For 17 measurements at each site, the maximum temperature rise for a 360-joule shock was 317.3 +/- 53.0 millidegrees Celsius.