Battery obsolescence, industry profit and deep brain stimulation

“New and improved” DBS batteries?

(2019) Zelma H.T. Kiss et al.   Brain Stimulation

Battery longevity of neurostimulators in Parkinson disease: A historic cohort study

(2019) A.L. Sette et al.   Brain Stimulation

Decreasing battery life in subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease with repeated replacements: Just a matter of energy delivered?

(2019) Simon Daniel Israeli-Korn et al.   Brain Stimulation

Pulse generator battery life in deep brain stimulation: out with the old… in with the less durable?

(2019) Emmanuel de Schlichting et al.   ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA

Battery Life Matters in Deep Brain Stimulation

(2018) Kawngwoo Park et al.   STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

Battery Longevity Comparison of Two Commonly Available Dual Channel Implantable Pulse Generators Used for Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease

(2018) Benjamin Fisher et al.   STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

Complications of Impulse Generator Exchange Surgery for Deep Brain Stimulation: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study

(2018) Ann-Kristin Helmers et al.   World Neurosurgery

Longevity of Implantable Pulse Generators in Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders

(2017) Marcel Niemann et al.   NEUROMODULATION

Comparison of the Battery Life of Nonrechargeable Generators for Deep Brain Stimulation

(2017) Ann-Kristin Helmers et al.   NEUROMODULATION

Uncoupling of dopaminergic and subthalamic stimulation: Life-threatening DBS withdrawal syndrome

(2015) Sigrid Reuter et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Malignant deep brain stimulation-withdrawal syndrome in a patient with Parkinson's disease

(2013) Janina Neuneier et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

The Risk of Hardware Infection in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Is Greater at Impulse Generator Replacement than at the Primary Procedure

(2012) Joshua Pepper et al.   STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY