Abstract: A relay for a defibrillator, including a support base on which a coil and a contacting unit having a contact assembly are mounted. The contacting unit can be actuated by an armature and at least one additional mechanical connecting link as a result of the electrical excitation of the coil. The contact assembly has contacts supported on contact carriers. The contacts can be connected to each other by activating the coil. In order to optimize the contacting, at least one connecting link can be designed as a rotating lever coupled to the armature, which rotating lever is pivotably coupled to a contact carrier, and another contact carrier is pivotably coupled to an additional rotating lever or directly to the armature, wherein both contact carriers having the contacts to be contacted are moved towards each other during contacting.

Abstract: A defibrillator for external application to a patient. The defibrillator includes a power storage unit for supplying a defibrillation shock. The power storage unit has a capacitor unit encompassing at least one capacitor. In order to adjust a defibrillation treatment to different patients, the defibrillator advantageously comprises several different capacitor units which have a capacity adapted to various patient impedances and are or can be coupled in a replaceable manner to the defibrillator.

Abstract: An external automatic defibrillator including an attachment device that can be externally attached and carried by a patient, an identification device for detecting an abnormal event in the cardiac activity, which can be treated by an electric shock, as well as a defibrillator allowing to exert a shock upon the patient after having detected the abnormal event. In order to ensure reliable functioning over a longer period of time, the identification device is configured so that the identification device can detect an abnormal event in an interval of not more than 90 seconds or one minute.

Abstract: A defibrillator having an electronic system arranged in a housing and electrodes which can be connected to the system and are to be placed on the patient. This invention provides a user-friendly defibrillator. Thus, the electrodes are received in a chamber provided on the inner side of a cover which can be opened or removed.