• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.1213-1217
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• 2011

의료용 자극기는 병원과 가정에서 환자의 통증 경감 및 재활 치료를 위해 사용되는 의료기기이다. 전기자극기의 자극 펄스가 심장에 유입되면 부정맥 및 심실세동 등의 심각한 부작용을 초래할 수 있다. 의료용 자극기에서 공급하는 자극 펄스의 전달 거리를 측정하고 심장이 전기 자극의 위험 범위 밖에 위치하도록 자극의 크기 및 자극 부위를 제한할 필요가 있다. 전기 자극기는 초당 60 회의 빈도로 0.001Joule 전기 펄스를 가하도록 설계되었다. 전기 자극기의 성능 및 인체에 미치는 영향을 측정하기 위해 생리 식염수를 이용한 생체 조직의 모델을 제작하였고, 이를 이용하여 거리에 따른 전기장의 감쇄 정도를 측정하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 전기 자극기를 동물실험에 적용한 후 심장 주변에 전기자극을 가했을 때 심장에서 나타나는 위험요인을 관찰하고 직류전류가 흘렀을 때 심장에서 나타나는 현상과 비교하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.4768-4772
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• 2012

전기감전 사고를 예방하기 위해서는 주입식 교육 보다는 체험식 교육이 더욱 효과적이다. 그러나 전기감전 체험형 교육 시스템을 위해서는 감전을 체험할 수 있도록 인체에 대한 적절한 물리적 자극이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 간섭전류형자극기(Interferential Current Type Low Frequency Stimulator)를 감전사고 체험교육에 이용하기 위하여 인체에 대한 자극의 임계값을 실험하였다. 그리고 아동과 성인으로 구분된 연령별 자극 값을 산출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 전기 감전 체험형 교육 시스템에 적용 가능할 것이다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.657-664
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• 2007

Stroke patients need regular medical treatments and rehabilitation training from their doctors. However, severe aftereffects caused by stroke allow them minimum activities, which make it difficult for them to visit doctor. Recently, electric brain stimulation treatment has been found to be better way compared to conventional ones and many are interested in using this method for the treatment of stroke. In this study, we have developed a remote medical treatment system using wireless electric brain stimulator that can help the stroke patients to get a treatment without visiting their doctors. The developed remote medical treatment system connects the doctors to the brain stimulator implanted in the patients via the internet and ZigBee communication built in the brain stimulator. Also, the system receives personal information of the connected patients and cumulates the total records of electric stimulation therapy in a database. Doctors can easily access the information for better treatment planning with the help of graphical visualization tools and management software. The developed remote medical treatment system can be applied to the electric stimulation treatments for other brain diseases with a minor change.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.117-121
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• 1993

The pyriformis syndrome is an entrapment neuropathy in which the sciatic nerve is compromised by the pyriformis muscle. Using local anesthetics and steroid injection through a needle guided by an electric nerve stimulator, we satisfactorily treated a case of pyriformis syndrome.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.514-517
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• 2008

Ubiquitous healthcare (U-healthcare) system is one of potential applications of embedded system. Conventional U-healthcare systems are used in health monitoring or chronic disease care based on measuring and transmission of various vital signs. However, future U-healthcare system can be of benefit to more people such as stroke patients which have limited activity by providing them proper medical care as well as continuous monitoring. Recently, an electric brain stimulation treatments have been found to be a better way compared to conventional ones and many are interested in using the method toward the treatment of stroke. In this study, we proposed a remote medical treatment system using ZigBee-based wireless electric brain stimulator that can help them to get a treatment without visiting their doctors. The developed remote medical treatment system connects the doctors to the brain stimulator implanted in the patients via the internet and ZigBee communication built in the brain stimulator. Also, the system receive personal information of the connected patients and cumulate the total records of electric stimulation therapy in a database. Doctors can easily access the information for better treatment planning with the help of graphical visualization tools and management software. The developed remote medical treatment system can extend their coverage to outdoors being networked with hand-held devices through ZigBee.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1979

The author studied the response to the stimulation of an electric pulp stimulator of healthy 854 permanent anterior teeth in 122 children aged from six to eleven years old, during different stages of tooth development. The results were as followings: 1) In completely open apices, 13.1% (18 teeth) showed positive responses, and 86.9% (120 teeth) showed negative responses. In two-thirds open apices 33.1% (75 teeth) showed positive responses, and 66.9% (152 teeth) showed negative responses. In one-third open apices 57.8% (118 teeth) showed positive responses, and 42.2% (86 teeth) showed negative responses. In closed apices 80.0% (228 teeth) showed positive responses, and 20.0% (57 teeth) showed negative responses. 2) The number of positive responses increased in each upper and lower central incisors during the stages of root development, but not in upper lateral incisors. 3) There were no significant differences statistically in responses between the teeth of the right and left sides and the upper and the lower jaw, in the same stages of root development.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.395-400
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• 2010

Hypertension is the chronic disease that the 16% of total population are suffering, and it needs to be studied to find alternative treatment because of the tolerance and side effect of medications that may bother some patients. in this paper, we verified practicality of implantable electrical stimulator that can readily change stimulus magnitude and frequency. And this device is possible to stimulate baroreflex or parasympathetic nerve. Therefore we performed in vitro tests and animal experiment for device's operating conditions. This device consist of implantable electrical stimulator and extracorporeal control/monitoring system. Stimulator was designed to make 1Hz~100Hz pulses and it can change continuous or periodic pulse train type. And this device can control stimulator's function and monitor stimulator's status and patients' blood pressure at exterior of body using ZigBee module as wireless telecommunication. We verified that stimulator have error rate under 5% at 50mm depth of organs and, stimulator makes high-efficiency energy with closer position of two electrodes. Also we can confirm the performance of device that decreasing blood pressure and heart rate of a rat by electrical stimulation.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2009

본 논문에서, 생물계로 자기자극장치를 사용할 경우 잠재적인 사용에 대한 전력소자 응용제어 기술에 대해 언급 하고자 한다. 자기자극장치의 효과는 자기 자극코일에 의해 전달된 전류 펄스파형에 유도한 전계와 기하학 구성에 의존한다. TMS는 두뇌에 있는 전계를 유도하는 전자장의 펄스를 머리의 외부에서 자극하게 된다. TMS는 두뇌의 자극을 통해, 진단 및 치료에 있는 수많은 응용이 가능하다. 이러한 요소들은 코일의 구성과 전원 장치와 크기의 등가적 요구와 특성으로 매우 중요한 기능을 가지게 된다. 제안하고자 하는 해결방법은 입력에 대하여 가변크기와 주기를 가지는 전류펄스 발생을 가진다. 또한, 해결방법은 전원에서 부하로 에너지 전송과 축적의 요소를 기본으로 할 수가 있다. 제안한 방식으로, 전력 회로 매개 변수의 충분한 통제를 통한 기획과 전략으로 단극파형 또는 양극 파형을 얻을 수가 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2015

In this study, Multi-Array Electrodes (MAE) and Programmable Multi-channel Electrical Stimulator (PMES) were implemented for firing Trigger Points (TPs) of the patient with Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS). MAE has 25 Ag/AgCl electrodes arranged in the form of array ($5{\times}5$) fabricated with flexible pad, which are applicable to be easy-attached to curved specific region of the human body. PMES consisted of 25 channels. Each channel was to generate various electric stimulus patterns (ESPs) by changing the mono-phasic or bi-phasic of ESP, On/Off duration of ESP, the interval between ESP, and amplitude of ESP. PMES hardware was composed of Host PC, Stimulation Pattern Editing Program (SPEP), and Multi-channel Electrical Stimulator (MES). Experiments were performed using MAE and PMES as the following. First experiment was performed to evaluate the function for each channel of Sub- Micro Controller Unit (SMCU) in MES. Second experiment was conducted on whether ESP applied from each channel of SMCU in PMES was focused to the electrode set to the ground, after applying ESP being output from each channel of SMCU in PMES to MAE.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 학술회의 논문집 정보 및 제어부문 B
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• pp.349-352
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• 2003

A personal low-frequency stimulator is a portable device to relax muscle pains of a person. The stimulator generates combined low-frequency pulses to be applied to pads attached to painful muscles. This paper reports a development of such device with its characteristic analyses. The major components of our stimulator are MCU, high-voltage generating circuit part, high-voltage switching circuit part, input switch part and display unit. High-voltage generating circuit is designed by using a boost converter circuit and allows user control of the output voltage. High-voltage switching circuit, controlled by MCU, generates output voltage to be applied to pads. Input switch part is composed of power supply, intensity selection, mode selection and memory. Display unit adopts a text LCD module to display modes, Intensity, output frequency and user set-up time. Our designed safety circuit, to protect human body from possible electric shock, slowly increases the output voltage to the selected output intensity. It continuously checks the output pulse shape and disable the output when dangerous pulses are detected. This paper also shows some experimental results.