Open AccessPulse generator battery life in deep brain stimulation: out with the old… in with the less durable?
Author(s) -
Emmanuel De Schlichting,
Guillaume Coll,
Julien Francisco ZaldivarJolissaint,
J. Coste,
Ana Marqués,
Aurélien Mulliez,
Franck Durif,
JeanJacques Lemaire
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta neurochirurgica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.742
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 0942-0940
pISSN - 0001-6268
DOI - 10.1007/s00701-019-04043-8
Subject(s) - battery (electricity) , medicine , first generation , pulse generator , generator (circuit theory) , fourth generation , third generation , deep brain stimulation , electrical engineering , computer science , telecommunications , power (physics) , engineering , voltage , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , disease , parkinson's disease , population
Battery life of the most commonly used implantable pulse generators in deep brain stimulation is limited. Device replacement is costly and may expose patients to additional risks. Driven by the observation that in our experience newer generation devices seemed to need earlier replacement than the older generation, we aimed to retrospectively analyze the battery life of two generations of non-rechargeable devices, manufactured by a single company (Medtronic, USA).
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