title: [The design for curing circuit used in Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion instrument].
abstract: In this paper, we introduce a multiple electro-stimulative pulse generator based on IC555, which can produce continuous, discontinuous, frequency modulated and amplitude modulated modes, and thus multiple-output, independent adjustment & control are realized. The principle block diagram and a reference circuit are presented too. This design adds acusetor curing function to BME-500 series Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion Instrument, making it a multifunctional therapy device of electro-acupuncture, massage and drug permeation Moxibustion Instrument.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-peng
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiao-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011674:Pulse