An automated tester for evaluation of pacemaker battery performance and reliability

Chronic Testing of a Pacemaker That Needs Recharging Only Once Every Four Years

“…All units in series I and II were chronically implanted in dogs with complete heart block. Seven (I-l through [1][2][3][4][5] paced dogs with complete heart block for 18 months or less, and, with the exception of 1-2, all failures were due to the cell. ' The third series of pacemakers was doubly hermetically sealed in stainless steel.…”