Time dependent electrical skin model: For the testing of electrocutaneous stimulating electrodes

Author

Medeiros, Courtney ; DeSanto, Christopher Ross ; McDonough, Ryan ; Chabot, Eugene ; Ying Sun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Skin resistance changes dynamically during the time course of an external electrical stimulation. An embedded system was developed to provide a dynamic impedance in response to external stimulations. A microprocessor adjusts the series resistance component of an impedance based on a preprogrammed function. This skin impedance model is useful for testing devices involving electrocutaneous stimulation or functional electrical stimulation.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; electric resistance; embedded systems; skin; dynamic impedance; electrocutaneous stimulation; embedded system; external electrical stimulation; external stimulations; functional electrical stimulation; microprocessor; preprogrammed function; series resistance component; skin impedance model; skin resistance; time dependent electrical skin model; Electrodes; Immune system; Impedance; Microprocessors; Resistance; Skin; Table lookup; electrocutaneous stimulation; skin impedance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972873

Filename

6972873