Affiliation:
1. National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather, Lucretiu Patrascanu 16, 030508 Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
This paper presents a medical recovery system based on electrical stimuli transmitted through textile electrodes based
on copper microparticles. The textile electrodes are connected to an electronic device capable of generating
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) using low-frequency (0–100 Hz) (diadynamic or interference)
electrical currents. To evaluate the system, the current intensity, frequency and supply voltage were measured using
different multimeters (Agilent Technologies U3606A and portable digital multimeter), and the signal was analysed.
Depending on the intensity of the transcutaneous electrostimulation program, obtained by varying the electrical
parameters, such as electrical voltage (U, mV), current intensity (I, mA) and frequency (f, Hz), it is possible that the
patient feels pinches or vibration.
Publisher
The National Research and Development Institute for Textiles and Leather
Subject
Polymers and Plastics,General Environmental Science,General Business, Management and Accounting,Materials Science (miscellaneous)