The application and technology of implantable neuromuscular stimulators: An introduction and overview

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-7

  Jarvis, Jonathan C ^a   Salmons, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implantable devices; Neurophysiology; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STIMULATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LIFESPAN; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035004416     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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