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Table 1 Stimulation parameters

From: Discriminability of multiple cutaneous and proprioceptive hand percepts evoked by intraneural stimulation with Utah slanted electrode arrays in human amputees

Stimulation parameter

Value

Electrode surface area

1573 µm2 [49]

Waveform shape

Symmetric, bi-phasic, cathodic-first, square-wave pulses

Duration of cathodic (stimulating) phase

200 µS

Duration of anodic (reversal) phase

200 µS

Inter-phase delay

100 µS

Current of cathodic (stimulating) phase

7–64 µA (unique and fixed for each electrode)

Current of anodic (reversal) phase

Equal magnitude as cathodic phase

Stimulation pulse frequency (during location/quality discrimination)

S3: 200 Hz

S4: 200 Hz

S5: 100 Hz

Train duration

S3: 200 ms

S4: 200 ms

S5: 500 ms

Number of trains

S3: 1

S4: 1

S5: 3–4

Duty cycle

S3: N/A

S4: N/A

S5: 50%