terminology

What does the phrase referring to my ICD

having "tripped" mean?

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by donr - 2014-03-30 09:03:36

.....love this! I did a Google search for "Tripped ICD heart device."

It took me to the PATENT for a system to keep you from getting too high a current in the event that There is too low a resistance in the lead system for doing the DeFib shock.

Donr

well

by boxxed - 2014-03-31 12:03:09

Atleast from my own experience, when I refer to an ICD as having "tripped", I usually mean that is has reached ERI. I don't think there's an official application of the phrase "tripped" as far as I know.

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