title: Use of an integrated platform system in the placement of deep brain stimulators.
abstract: The placement of deep brain stimulator leads requires a great deal of technology and equipment. We describe our 25-month experience with an integrated platform system, the StimPilot (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN), for the placement of deep brain stimulator leads. The platform consists of a neuronavigation station, microdrive control, and microelectrode recording display and control. This platform is run from a laptop-sized portable control unit. The unit was used in 147 patients for the placement of 262 leads. Leads were placed into the subthalamic nucleus, ventral intermediate nucleus, globus pallidus interna, and anterior thalamic nucleus. One patient required replacement of one lead during this time frame, with successful reimplantation. No system failures occurred.
authors.affiliation: Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, Penn Neurological Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Heuer
authors.forename: Kareem A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Zaghloul
authors.forename: Jurg L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jaggi
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Baltuch
mesh_terms: D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D038361:Neuronavigation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D018511:Systems Integration