BIOMEDICAL ARTICLES PART-2 DEFIBRILLATOR,PACEMAKER, DIATHERMY & ELECTROSURGICAL UNIT (ESU)
DEFIBRILLATOR & PACEMAKER
Defibrillator is a device that delivers a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart.
This depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle and allows normal sinus rhythm to be reestablished by the body’s natural pacemaker of the heart.
Pacemaker
It is a medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrodes contacting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart.
COMPLETE ARTICLE ON DEFIBRILLATOR & PACEMAKER
DIATHERMY
The term diathermy means “electrically induced heat” and
is commonly used for muscle relaxation. It is also a method
of heating tissue electromagnetically or ultrasonically for
therapeutic purposes in medicine.