University of Florida medical student Kaihan Fakhar published an important paper this month on estimation of deep brain stimulator battery life. This paper was a follow-up to a previous medical student’s work (Mike Montuno) developing electronic web-based estimators for clinicians and patients. This is a very important paper which lays out important principles in long term management of deep brain stimultors.
Copies of the new paper are available at:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058665
The battery estimator is at:
http://com-movement-disorders-a2.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/surgery/dbs-battery-estimator