Magneto-electric stimulator (MES), this equipment is not approved for cortical or cervical stimulation. To be used for peripheral nerve stimulation, especially deep peripheral nerves. The technique of electrodeless (or magnetic) electrical stimulation of peripheral nerve was first demonstrated in the frog muscle nerve preparation by Kolin (1949) who showed that if the sciatic nerve was wrapped around the pole piece of a magnet and was pulsed, contraction could be registered in the muscle. Extending this model to the human, Bickford and Fremming (1956) demonstrated that similar excitation of a mixed nerve could be obtained. Recently the Sheffield, England group of bioengineers (Barker et al) has described a modern electronic design of a magnetic neuronal stimulator and in the hands of Merton this solid state switch device has shown to be capable of stimulating the central nervous system (spinal cord and brain).
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