External ultrasound can generate microampere direct currents in vivo from implanted piezoelectric materials

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 145-147

  Cochran, George V B ^a,b   Kadaba, Murali P ^a   Palmieri, Vincent R ^a  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Internal fixation; Osteogenesis; Piezoelectric; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - FRACTURE FIXATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; IMPLANTED PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERNAL FIXATION; OSTEOGENESIS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

ANIMAL CELL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DOG; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMAL; CERAMICS; DOGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; IN VITRO; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0023817870     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100060119     Document Type: Article

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