The Register: We’ve all had some shocking news delivered through a mobile phone. But if you’ve got a dodgy ticker, thank your lucky stars that someone’s applied to patent a handset with an integrated defibrillator.
The application for a “wireless communication device with integrated defibrillator” describes a handset that’s capable of “delivering an electrical charge to defibrillate the heart of a victim experiencing cardiac distress”.
The inventor claims the phone’s inital design will be capable of determining when the victim’s heartbeat has become irregular, if defibrillation is necessary and, crucially, if the shock’s been successful.
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