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Medtronic DBS battery change: opportunity for improved therapy?

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Coming in 2021 for me is a Medtronic DBS battery change: what are the opportunities for improved hardware and software? How about comments on rechargeable vs non-rechargeable battery? If possible please share links to any source material.

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I think the best will be a wireless chargeable battery.

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movinngroovin

One is smaller and one is wireless. I changed to the smaller one.

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