yes my gradpa has one and so yes it is
Michel Mirowski conceived of and developed the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). After building a prototype device, Mirowski tested and refined it in animals. Despite considerable skepticism and criticism from many of his colleagues, Mirowski implanted the first device in a human in 1980.1 In 1985, the FDA initially approved theICD, specifying that patients had to have survived 2 cardiac arrests to qualify for ICD implantation.
Similar in structure to a pacemaker, an ICD has three main components: a generator, leads, and an electrode
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AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator.
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The International Classification of Diseases.
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An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device that detects any life-threatening, rapid heartbeat. If such a heartbeat, called an arrhythmia, occurs, the ICD quickly sends an electrical shock to the heart to change the rhythm back to normal.Reviewed ByReview Date: 02/27/2009James Lee, M.D., Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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The full term is ICD-9-CM which stands for: International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.
No, because a defibrillator has no processor in it. All that a defibrillator does is run electricity through your heart to get it started. Now the machines that monitor your heart, they have processors, but not a defibrillator.