The importance of software programmable pacemakers: in vivo programming of a prototype device.
Recently, we have developed microcomputer-oriented pacemakers with true software flexibility. The first 25 devices implanted (DPG-1 type*) exhibited an unexpected phenomenon caused by a microcomputer error. A safety mechanism switched off all special functions and automatically reset all parameters...
| Publicado en: | Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology Vol. 7; no. 6; pp. 1207 - 1213 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov1984
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