Stopyra Jason P, Ritter Samuel I, Beatty Jennifer, Johnson James C, Kleiner Douglas M, Winslow James E, Gardner Alison R, Bozeman William P
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2016 Oct;43:48-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.07.003. Epub 2016 Jul 5.
Despite research demonstrating the overall safety of Conducted Electrical Weapons (CEWs), commonly known by the brand name TASER(®), concerns remain regarding cardiac safety. The addition of cardiac biomonitoring capability to a CEW could prove useful and even lifesaving in the rare event of a medical crisis by detecting and analyzing cardiac rhythms during the period immediately after CEW discharge.
To combine an electrocardiogram (ECG) device with a CEW to detect and store ECG signals while still allowing the CEW to perform its primary function of delivering an incapacitating electrical discharge.
This work was performed in three phases. In Phase 1 standard law enforcement issue CEW cartridges were modified to demonstrate transmission of ECG signals. In Phase 2, a miniaturized ECG recorder was combined with a standard issue CEW and tested. In Phase 3, a prototype CEW with on-board cardiac biomonitoring was tested on human volunteers to assess its ability to perform its primary function of electrical incapacitation.
Bench testing demonstrated that slightly modified CEW cartridge wires transmitted simulated ECG signals produced by an ECG rhythm generator and from a human volunteer. Ultimately, a modified CEW incorporating ECG monitoring successfully delivered incapacitating current to human volunteers and successfully recorded ECG signals from subcutaneous CEW probes after firing.
An ECG recording device was successfully incorporated into a standard issue CEW without impeding the functioning of the device. This serves as proof-of-concept that safety measures such as cardiac biomonitoring can be incorporated into CEWs and possibly other law enforcement devices.
尽管研究表明传导性电子武器（CEW，通常以品牌名泰瑟枪®为人所知）总体上是安全的，但人们对其心脏安全性仍存在担忧。在CEW上增加心脏生物监测功能，在罕见的医疗危机事件中，通过在CEW放电后的即刻期间检测和分析心律，可能会被证明是有用的，甚至能挽救生命。
将心电图（ECG）设备与CEW相结合，以检测和存储ECG信号，同时仍允许CEW执行其释放使人丧失能力的电击的主要功能。
这项工作分三个阶段进行。在第一阶段，对标准执法用CEW弹药筒进行了改装，以演示ECG信号的传输。在第二阶段，将一个小型化的ECG记录器与一个标准的CEW相结合并进行测试。在第三阶段，对一个带有内置心脏生物监测功能的CEW原型在人类志愿者身上进行测试，以评估其执行电击使人丧失能力这一主要功能的能力。
台架测试表明，经过轻微改装的CEW弹药筒导线能够传输由ECG心律发生器和人类志愿者产生的模拟ECG信号。最终，一个集成了ECG监测功能的改装CEW成功地向人类志愿者输送了使人丧失能力的电流，并在发射后成功地从皮下CEW探头记录到了ECG信号。
一个ECG记录设备成功地集成到了一个标准的CEW中，而没有妨碍该设备的功能。这证明了诸如心脏生物监测等安全措施可以集成到CEW以及可能的其他执法设备中这一概念。
