Title : TED2HOME - A low cost automatic external defibrillator for home/office
Abstract:
Sudden cardiac death (SCD)-caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF) or standstill-is one of the biggest unmet need in public health: it is unpredictable and occurs in about 1000 persons/day in US and Europe alone with very poor survival. Since survival drops by 10% for every minute delay-ambulances or high-cost public AEDs are too late to save them and defibrillation or pacing should be used immediately, at home or office-where it occurs (in 80%of cases).
Our breakthrough technology device modifies by computer the sinusoidal alternating electrical current from the mains to a biphasic defibrillatory wave or to a pacing stimulus in case bradycardia or standstill -affordable to every household. Two animal experiments proved its safety and feasibility: in the first: defibrillation of stable VF in 5 pigs was applied by our device and compared to a standard AED. Repeated defibrillation was successful by both devices and thresholds were found to be similar. The second experiment used six rats, following infarct by coronary closure -VF was induced with similar external defibrillation and in addition-our device only used external pacing successfully achieved in all, at a heart rate above their rate, for an unlimited time before and after defibrillation.
In future-pulse sensor watches will detect SCD and alert by bluetooth nearby people to use our device-immediately. We conclude that our breakthrough technology is feasible and at a much lower cost-more effective than that of the standard AED. This should be used to prevent SCD occurring at home/office and will revolutionize resuscitation outcome.
