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. 1991 Nov;29(6):NS13-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF02446097.

Injectable microstimulator for functional electrical stimulation

G E Loeb  1 , C J Zamin, J H Schulman, P R Troyk
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Injectable microstimulator for functional electrical stimulation

G E Loeb et al. Med Biol Eng Comput. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

A family of digitally controlled devices is constructed for functional electrical stimulation in which each module is an hermetically sealed glass capsule that is small enough to be injected through the lumen of a hypodermic needle. The overall design and component characteristics of microstimulators that receive power and command signals by inductive coupling from a single, externally worn coil are described. Each device stores power between stimulus pulses by charging an electrolytic capacitor formed by its two electrodes, made of sintered, anodised tantalum and electrochemically activated iridium, respectively. Externally, a highly efficient class E amplifier provides power and digitally encoded command signals to control the amplitude, duration and timing of pulses from up to 256 such microstimulators.

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