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Table 2 A comparison of the features of the existing closed-loop DBS devices

From: Advances in closed-loop deep brain stimulation devices

Reference

[86]

[103]

[102]

[104]

[155]

[114]

[34, 156]

[157, 158]

Recorder and Controller

 Biomarker

LFPs/ECoG

LFPs and APs

LFPs and APs

LFPs

LFPs

LFPs

FSCV

EEG/ECoG

 Disease type

Epilepsy

PD

PD

No special disorder, for behavioral analysis on rodents

PD

A generic design (no in-vivo validation)

PD

Epilepsy

 Sensing channels

1

8

4

4

1

4

2

64

 Controllable parameters and programming method

Amplitude, by support vector machine algorithm

Amplitude, P-W, and frequency

Pulse amplitude using spikes discrimination algorithm

On-demand, DBS ON and DBS OFF commands by PSD calculations

On demand, ON-OFF operation, Evodopa-induced modulations of the LFP beta was used to control the stimulation parameters

Amplitude by LFP energy calculation using a programmable

PI-controller

Triangle wave scanning between −0.4 and 1.5 V at a scan rate of either 400 or 1000 V/s, to monitor changes in dopamine

Based on a high-efficacy signal processing algorithm, abnormal phase synchrony triggers

the biphasic

stimulations

 C-SS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NS

Yes

NS

Input referred noise

NS

5.29 μVrms

3.12 μVrms

NS

NS

6.3 μVrms

NA

5.1 μVrms

 Noise efficiency factor

NS

NS

2.68

NS

NS

3.76

NA

4.4

 CMRR/PSRR

>80 dB

NS

>56 dB

NS

>100 dB

NS

NA

75 dB

 Gain

-

44 dB

~ 52–66 dB

520 linear

80 dB

54 dB

NA

54–60 dB

 Analog filters

dc-8 to 500 Hz

0.5 Hz – 10 kHz

1.1 Hz – 10 k Hz

1.5–100 Hz

2–40 Hz

0.64 Hz-6 kHz

NA

1 Hz-5 kHz

 Power consumption

100 μW per channel

9 μW per channel

26.9 μW per channel

NS

NS

245 μW

NS

10 μW/channel, 1.4 mW P-D

Stimulator

 Stimulation type

CV

CC

CC

CC

CV

CC

CV and CC

CC

 Stimulation parameters (amplitude, pulse-width, frequency/period)

A: 0–3.5 V,

P-W: 90 μs,

F: 120 Hz

(Activa PC DBS was used)

A: 99 μA default (max 135 μA), P-W: 5–320 μs in 5 μs steps, F: 31 Hz to 1 kHz (130 Hz default)

A: 0–95 μA (anodic) and 0–32 μA (cathodic),

P-W: 0–240 μs (anodic) and 0–720 μs (cathodic)

A: 100 μA, P-W: 10 μS–500 mS (200 μS default), F: 0.1 Hz–5 KHz (130 Hz default)

A: 2.2 V, F: 130 Hz, P-W: 60 μs (max 200 μs)

General channels: A: 0–116 μA, P-W: 1 ms, P: 65 ms.

High-current channels: A: 0–4.2 mA, P-W: 1 ms, P: 65 ms.

A: 50 mV-10 V in VRM and 10 μA-10 mA in CRM, P-W: 50 μs-2 ms, F: 30–120 Hz

A: 0.1–1.2 mA, F: 1–200 Hz,

P-W: 40–1000 μs.

 Stimulation pattern

Biphasic, passive charge-balanced

Biphasic, passive charge-balanced

Can be either active or passive charge-balanced, user selects

Monophasic, charge-imbalanced

Biphasic, asymmetric charge-balanced

Biphasic, symmetric charge-balanced

Can be either monophasic or biphasic, asymmetrically balanced

Biphasic, symmetric charge-balanced

 Stimulation channels

8 for bilateral stimulation

64

4

2

1

6 general-purpose and 2 high-current

4

64

 ADC

Linear

8-bit log pipeline logarithmic

10-bit SAR ADCs

16-bit

12-bit ADC

logarithmic

10-bit ADC

7.6-bit SAR ADC

 Amplitude resolution

NS

NS

6-bit resolution

16-bit

NS

6-bit resolution

NS

8-bit

 Sampling rate/frequency

422 Hz

200 kS/s

35.7 kS/s/ch

500 Hz

NS

100 kS/s

100 kS/s

Up to 100 kS/s

 Power consumption

NS

7.4 μW per channel

NS

NS

NS

138 μW

NS

1.5 mW P-D

Other general specifications

 Working duration

NS

68 h (923 h) in configuration (stimulation-only operation) mode

NS

6–8 h (recording), 50 h (stimulation)

NS

NS

When fully charged: at least 3 h continuous operation

NS

 Total power consumption

NS

89 μW in normal and 271 μW in configuration modes

375 μW

20 mA average current consumption

NS

468 μW

NS

NS

 Size

39 cm3

19 mm × 27 mm, 0.18 μm CMOS 2.7 mm2

10.9 mm2 SoC

28 mm × 17 mm × 7 mm

12 cm × 7 cm × 2.5 cm

2 mm × 2 mm, 180 nm CMOS

NS

4 mm × 3 mm, 0.13 μm CMOS

 Weight including battery

NS

NS

NS

8.5 g

150 g

NS

NS

NS

 Power supply

1.7–2.2 V

1.8 V

1.5 V

3 V

Two 1.5 V type AA batteries

5 V

rechargeable 740-mAh lithium-polymer battery

1.2 V recording and 3.3 V stimulation boards

 Other features

Fully Implantable, telemetry ability

-

Converting extracellular spikes to electrical stimulations, data telemetry

wireless system, reliable transmission of data across 3–5 m distances

It is an external portable a DBS device

With wireless telemetry and wireless power management

Wirelessly controlled

Ultra-wideband wireless neural vector analyzer

  1. NS Not stated, NA Not applicable, C-SS Concurrent Sensing and Stimulation, A Amplitude, P-W Pulse-Width, F Frequency, P Period, FSCV Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry, VRM voltage-regulated mode, CRM current-regulated mode, P-D Power Dissipation, CC constant current, CV constant voltage, PD Parkinson disease