stimulator

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With external devices, the electrical impulses need to travel through skin, tissue, muscle and fat so it's not as simple and direct as a stimulator in the body.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

They are minimally invasive devices that function both as a wireless stimulator and a structure around which nerves can rebuild.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

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

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2023

“Two fake knees, a spinal cord stimulator, 25 surgeries,” he began, as if reciting a box score.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

And then the heart-lung machine fell silent again, and the carefully applied nodal stimulator flicked on and off, and slowly, at first hesitantly, then firmly and vigorously, the new heart began its endless pumping chore.

From Star Surgeon by Nourse, Alan Edward