Electrical and tactile stimulation
Electrical & tactile stimulation
These devices are used for sensory stimulation either via direct stimulation of sensory nerves with an electrical stimulator or via stimulation of the corresponding mechano-receptors with tactile stimulators.
Electrical stimulation devices
Model: Digitimer Constant Currentt Stimulator Model DS7A, Digitimer Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, England
used at: BIC Frankfurt
Technology: eletrical stimulation device, bipolar contact electrodes
Specs and comments: CE marking; electrical stimulation artefact unavoidable but relatively short (only visible at high sampling artes)
Piezo-electric tactile stimulation
Model: Piezostimulator 040401, QuaeroSys, Schotten Germany
used at: Bic Frankfurt
Technology: Piezo electric devices with braille-reader like piezoactuators
Specs and comments: needs filter plate in MSR