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Traceable calibration of a cardiac defibrillator energy meter

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This paper discusses the development, intercomparison and agreement of two independent, traceable methods—one calorimetric and one digital sampling—for the measurement of the energy of cardiac defibrillator pulses. It describes the use of the sampling method to calibrate a defibrillator energy meter, a commercial instrument which is used for the routine calibration of defibrillators. Some observations on methods of making future measurements on energy meters and on possible designs for digital energy meters are included.

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  1. Division of Electrical Science, National Physical Laboratory, TW11 0LW, Teddington, England

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Stockton, J.R., Smith, R.C. Traceable calibration of a cardiac defibrillator energy meter. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 40–48 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443845

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