Microprocessor based spatial TENS (transcutaneous electric nerve stimulator) designed with waveform optimality for clinical evaluation in a pain study.
A microprocessor based TENS device is developed which utilizes a spatial procedure in the administration of electrical fields to actively interfere with pain signals reaching the brain. This unusual design also has the advantage of requiring the frequency characteristics of the electrical waveform produced to be optimally tuned to the mechanical impedance properties of the skin/tissue. Hence a much more efficient procedure for the transfer of electrical energy from the TENS device to the human tissue is provided. Data are presented involving patients from the Dayton VA Medical Center in Ohio, USA being tested with this new microprocessor system compared to the treatment obtained via a traditional stimulator.
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Armstrong Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*