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Electric and Magnetic Field Devices for Stimulation of Biological Tissues

Juan José Saiz Culma^1,2, Juan Felipe Escobar Huertas^2,3, Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado^1,2, Juan Jairo Vaca-Gonzalez^1,4

¹Biomimetics Laboratory, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, ²Numerical Methods and Modeling Research Group (GNUM), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, ³Design, Analysis and Development of Engineering Systems Research group (GIDAD), Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores, ⁴School of Health and Sports Sciences, Master Program in Epidemiology, Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

This protocol describes the step-by-step process to build both electrical and magnetic stimulators used to stimulate biological tissues. The protocol includes a guideline to simulate computationally electric and magnetic fields and manufacture of stimulator devices.