- "Taser blunt probe dart-to-heart distance causing ventricular fibrillation in pigs"
Wu JY, Sun H, O'Rourke AP, et al., IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 55 (12): 2768-2771 Dec 2008. The maximum distance between the heart and a model Taser stimulation dart, called the dart-to-heart distance, at which the Taser can directly cause ventricular fibrillation (VF), was measured in pigs. Pubmed.
- "Taser dart-to-heart distance that causes ventricular fibrillation in pigs"
Wu JY, Sun H, O'Rourke AP, et al., IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 54 (3): 503-508 Mar 2007. To help answer the question, "Can the EMD directly cause ventricular fibrillation (VF)?" ten tests were conducted to measure the dart-to-heart distance that causes VF in anesthetized pigs [mass = 64 kg +/- 6.67 standard deviation (SD)] for the most common X26 Taser. These results suggest that the probability of a dart on the body landing in 1 cm(2) over the ventricle and causing VF is 0.000172.
- "A floating sleeve antenna yields localized hepatic microwave ablation"
Yang DS, Bertram JM, Converse MC, et al, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 53 (3): 533-537 Mar 2006. We report a novel coaxial antenna for hepatic microwave ablation. This device uses a floating sleeve, that is, a metal conductor electrically isolated from the outer connector of the antenna coaxial body, to achieve a highly localized specific absorption rate pattern that is independent of insertion depth.
- "Haemostatic partial nephrectomy using bipolar radiofrequency ablation"
Pareek G, Wilkinson ER, Schutt D, et al., BJU International 96 (7): 1101-1104 Nov 2005. Results show that applying bipolar RF energy to an electrode array can enable transmural excision of renal parenchyma in vivo in a bloodless fashion without collecting system injury.