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Monopolar needle electrode has a coating of______________ material over the stainless steel wires which are bare only at the tips.(a) carbon(b) calcium(c) teflon(d) sodiumThis question was addressed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.This interesting question is from Transmission of Analog Physiological Signals Over Telephone topic in division Biomedical Telemetry of Biomedical Instrumentation

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The correct option is (c) TEFLON

Easy EXPLANATION: The wire is BARE only at the tip. The MONOPOLAR needle electrode consists of a teflon coated stainless steel wire.It is found that after the needle has been used a number of times, the teflon coating will RECEDE, increasing the tip area. The needle should be discarded when this happens.



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