MINIATURIZED WIRELESS CONTROLLED ELECTROSTIMULATOR

Tiago Araújo, Neuza Nunes, Hugo Gamboa

2012

Abstract

This project introduces a new approach to hardware and software controlled solutions in the electrical stimulation field. A miniaturized, portable and wireless electrostimulator was designed and its development steps and also a new perspective to control the stimulation parameters in real time are exposed in this paper. Our system allows the control and automation of the stimulation session with high flexibility and easiness, using a userfriendly interface for a computer or an Android platform, which communicates with the portable and wireless device. The hardware performance was tested with a skin electric model, achieving the expected results. The presented solutions have high applicability in the scientific and ambulatory electrostimulation context.

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in Harvard Style

Araújo T., Nunes N. and Gamboa H. (2012). MINIATURIZED WIRELESS CONTROLLED ELECTROSTIMULATOR . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-91-1, pages 337-340. DOI: 10.5220/0003772103370340


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices12,
author={Tiago Araújo and Neuza Nunes and Hugo Gamboa},
title={MINIATURIZED WIRELESS CONTROLLED ELECTROSTIMULATOR},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={337-340},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003772103370340},
isbn={978-989-8425-91-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - MINIATURIZED WIRELESS CONTROLLED ELECTROSTIMULATOR
SN - 978-989-8425-91-1
AU - Araújo T.
AU - Nunes N.
AU - Gamboa H.
PY - 2012
SP - 337
EP - 340
DO - 10.5220/0003772103370340