Towards a Wireless Implantable Vestibular Prosthesis
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This paper presents the preliminary design of the integrated stimulator and telemetry subsystems for a vestibular prosthesis to restore balance function. The work is part of the European project CLONS. The stimulator is designed to provide biphasic current pulses at specified amplitude, duration and rate to stimulate the semicircular canals in the vestibular system. Power and data transfer is provided by an inductive-coupled telemetry.
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