A sub-10 nA DC-balanced adaptive stimulator IC with multi-modal sensor for compact electro-acupuncture stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 533-541

  Song, Kiseok ^a   Lee, Hyungwoo ^a   Hong, Sunjoo ^a   Cho, Hyunwoo ^a   Ha, Unsoo ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive stimulator; Biofeedback; Charge balancing; Current matching; Electro acupuncture; Multi modal sensor; Sample and hold

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STIMULATOR; CHARGE BALANCING; CURRENT MATCHING; MULTIMODAL SENSOR; SAMPLE AND HOLD;

BIOFEEDBACK; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NEEDLES; SENSORS;

WELL STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84872682561     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2232292     Document Type: Article

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