Personal recollections of Otto Schmitt

Author

Geddes, Leslie A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

23

Issue

6

fYear

2004

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

61

Abstract

The author discusses his personal recollections of Otto Schmitt, a scientist and an engineer, who contributed a lot in the advancement of biomedical engineering. The author recounts his use of Schmitt´s scientific achievements such as the Schmitt trigger and the radiofrequency stimulus-isolation unit which he used in stimulating motor nerves and recording muscle action potentials with nearby electrodes. Other scientific achievements of Schmitt that the author discusses are the differential amplifier and the vectorcardiography which sprung from Schmitt´s interest in electrocardiography.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electrodes; biomedical engineering; differential amplifiers; electrocardiography; neuromuscular stimulation; trigger circuits; Otto Schmitt; Schmitt trigger; biomedical engineering; differential amplifier; electrocardiography; electrodes; motor nerves; muscle action potentials; radiofrequency stimulus-isolation unit; vectorcardiography; Biomedical engineering; Councils; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Mathematics; Nerve fibers; Pediatrics; Permission; Physics; Zoology; Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics; Electronics, Medical; History, 20th Century; Portraits as Topic; United States; Vectorcardiography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEMB.2004.1378636

Filename

1378636