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stimulator

[stim-yuh-layt-er] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt ər /


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Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Ltd and are listed as inventors in issued patents and patent applications on the deep brain stimulator used in this work.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2026

The stimulator sits on the lumbar region of the spinal cord, which sends messages to the leg muscles.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2023

The device, known as TENS, for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, became a standard medical tool.

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2023

And truly Mr. Chesterton is invaluable as a quickener and stimulator of the minds of his readers.

From Among Famous Books by John Kelman

After she experienced burnout, Lucy Lambert says such non-invasive vagus nerve stimulators helped her.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

Existing devices are effective, but lack the necessary precision needed for some applications, such as cochlear implants or vagus nerve stimulators.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

They found that the combination of the two stimulators produced the best results.

From Scientific American Nov. 9, 2023

Those with pacemakers, defibrillators and vagus nerve stimulators may also not qualify, because the magnetic force of the treatment coil may dislodge these devices and cause severe pain or injury.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2022

They were the awakeners of a new intellectual life; not only the stimulators of an emotional pietism always prone to run into religious intoxication and extravagance.

From The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp




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