In Vivo Charge Injection Limits Increased after 'Unsafe' Stimulation

Suzan Meijs, Søren Sørensen, Kristian Rechendorff, Nico Rijkhoff

2015

Abstract

The effect of unsafe stimulation on charge injection limits (Qinj) and pulsing capacitance (Cpulse) was investigated. Four stimulation protocols were applied: 20 mA – 200 and 400 Hz, 50 mA – 200 and 400 Hz. Increasing Qinj and Cpulse were observed for all stimulation protocols. Corrosion was not observed with any of the stimulation protocols and no tissue damage was observed for the 20 mA – 200 Hz stimulation group. This indicates that the ‘safe potential window’ may not be applicable in vivo, as no damage was done stimulating with 20 mA at 200 Hz, while damage was done using the same current at 400 Hz.

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Meijs S., Sørensen S., Rechendorff K. and Rijkhoff N. (2015). In Vivo Charge Injection Limits Increased after 'Unsafe' Stimulation . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX, ISBN 978-989-758-161-8, pages 101-105. DOI: 10.5220/0005606301010105


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@conference{neurotechnix15,
author={Suzan Meijs and Søren Sørensen and Kristian Rechendorff and Nico Rijkhoff},
title={In Vivo Charge Injection Limits Increased after 'Unsafe' Stimulation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX,},
year={2015},
pages={101-105},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005606301010105},
isbn={978-989-758-161-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Neurotechnology, Electronics and Informatics - Volume 1: NEUROTECHNIX,
TI - In Vivo Charge Injection Limits Increased after 'Unsafe' Stimulation
SN - 978-989-758-161-8
AU - Meijs S.
AU - Sørensen S.
AU - Rechendorff K.
AU - Rijkhoff N.
PY - 2015
SP - 101
EP - 105
DO - 10.5220/0005606301010105