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.<
Published in:
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
(Volume:13
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: Aug.-Sept. 1994