The first stimulators-reviewing the history of electricalstimulation and the devices crucial to its development
Geddes, L.A.
Potter Eng. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN;
This paper appears in: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publication Date: Aug/Sep 1994
Volume: 13,
Issue: 4
On page(s): 532-542
ISSN: 0739-5175
References Cited: 34
CODEN: IEMBDE
INSPEC Accession Number: 4773701
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/51.310995
Posted online: 2002-08-06 19:31:57.0
Abstract
The following topics are discussed: the capacitor-discharge
stimulator; empirical strength-duration curve; theoretical
strength-duration curve; basis for stimulation; galvanic
(direct-current) stimulation; Daniell cell; Grove (Bunsen) cell;
Leclanche cell; interrupted direct-current stimulators; the inductorium;
Galvanic-Faradic stimuli to diagnose nerve injury; modern stimulators
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