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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%