User's Manual

38 Cardiac Airbag Technical Manual
An automatic or manually initiated capacitor reform fully charges
the capacitors and then allows the capacitors to drain off through
the internal circuitry of the ICD. No shock will be delivered to the
pati ation process the ICD will provide
bradycardia pacing support and tachyarrhythmia sensing and
detection as programmed. If a tachyarrhythmia is detected
n, the process is aborted and therapy
is available if required.
2.6.4 Patient and Implant Data
input of data
ent. Throughout the reform
during capacitor reformatio
The Patient and Implant data screens allow
regarding the patient name, demographics, implanting physician,
date, devices implanted, location of the implant, and various
conditions related to the patient. This information is transmitted
to the ICD and resides in the device memory for later retrieval if
needed.