stimulator
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Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Scientists have been exploring ways to stimulate a pathway known as STING, short for stimulator of interferon genes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
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
The device, known as TENS, for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, became a standard medical tool.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Smallpox is a splendid stimulator of vaccination; so much so that some of the country's leading sanitarians now advocate the abolition of pest-houses for this avoidable ailment, and dependence upon the vaccine virus alone.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
"The are some credible studies that suggest these external stimulators can potentially impact on brain activity," Prof McAllister-Williams explains.
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
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
Spino tried ice packs, muscle stimulators, stretching exercises and heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2020
As a result of these tests the sub-committee tentatively divided the pigments into inhibitors, stimulators, and indeterminates.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
