Design and implementation of a constant-current pulsed iontophoretic stimulation device

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 484-488

  Zakzewski, C A ^a   Li, J K J ^b   Amory, D W ^c   Jensen, J C ^b   Kalatzis Manolakis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; Captopril; Drug administration routes; Hypertension; Lonotophoresis; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

AMMETERS; BLOOD; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSE GENERATORS; SKIN; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITOR; CONSTANT CURRENT PULSED IONTOPHORETIC DEVICE; MEAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE (MAP);

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

CAPTOPRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; STIMULATION; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CAPTOPRIL; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IONTOPHORESIS; RABBITS;

EID: 0030294772     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523856     Document Type: Article

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