Towards adaptive deep brain stimulation: clinical and technical notes on a novel commercial device for chronic brain sensing
Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 18, pp. 042002
Abstract
Abstract Objective . Technical advances in deep brain stimulation (DBS) are crucial to improve therapeutic efficacy and battery life. We report the potentialities and pitfalls of one of the first commercially available devices capable of recording brain local field potentials (LFPs) from the implanted DBS leads, chronically and during stimulation. The aim was to provide clinicians with well-grounded tips on how to maximize the capabilities of this novel device, both in everyday practice and for research purposes. Approach . We collected clinical and neurophysiological data of the first 20 patients (14 with Parkinson’s disease (PD), five with dystonia, one with chronic pain) that received the Percept™ PC in our centres. We also performed tests in a saline bath to validate the recordings quality. Main results . The Percept PC reliably recorded the LFP of the implanted site, wirelessly and in real time. We recorded the most promising clinically useful biomarkers for PD and dystonia (beta and theta oscillations) with and without stimulation. Furthermore, we provide an open-source code to facilitate export and analysis of data. Critical aspects of the system are presently related to contact selection, artefact detection, data loss, and synchronization with other devices. Significance . New technologies will soon allow closed-loop neuromodulation therapies, capable of adapting stimulation based on real-time symptom-specific and task-dependent input signals. However, technical aspects need to be considered to ensure reliable recordings. The critical use by a growing number of DBS experts will alert new users about the currently observed shortcomings and inform on how to overcome them.
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (NeuroRestore), University Hospital Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
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University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · University of Genoa
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Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and System Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
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Bart J. Keulen Aachen
Leiden University Medical Center · Erasmus MC · Haga Hospital · Delft University of Technology
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Department of Neurology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
Educational Programme, Technical Medicine, Delft University of Technology, Delft; Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden; Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Educational Programme, Technical Medicine, Delft University of Technology, Delft
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
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University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · University of Lausanne
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Service of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · University of Lausanne
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Service of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna · University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
The BioRobotics Institute and Department of Excellence of Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
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University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
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Department of Neurology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (NeuroRestore), University Hospital Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Neurosurgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (NeuroRestore), University Hospital Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Neurosurgery, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Leiden University Medical Center · Haga Hospital
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Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (NeuroRestore), University Hospital Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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University of Würzburg · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital and Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany
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Maria Fiorella Contarino corresponding Aachen Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Leiden University Medical Center · Haga Hospital
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Department of Neurology, Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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