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Inspiration produced by bilateral electromagnetic, cervical phrenic nerve stimulation in man
L A Geddes1, G Mouchawar, J D Bourland
1William A. Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
Eddy-current stimulation of both phrenic nerves at the base of the neck in human subjects was carried out to provide inspiration resulting from tetanic diaphragm contraction. The inspired volume obtained was in excess of spontaneous tidal volume.