Skip to main content

Table 2 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy Parameter Values

From: Pregnancy and delivery while receiving vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of major depression: a case report

Parameter

Value

 

March 17, 1999 (beginning of stimulation)

August 2001

During Pregnancy

Output current

0.50 mA

0.25 mA

0.25 mA

Signal frequency

20 Hz

20 Hz

20 Hz

Pulse width

500 μsec

250 μsec

250 μsec

Signal ON time

30 sec

30 sec

30 sec

Signal OFF time

5 min

5 min

5 min

  1. mA: milliamperes; Hz: Hertz; μsec: microseconds; sec: seconds