Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic
Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota
Article History
Received: 26 July 2018
Accepted: 30 October 2018
First Online: 14 November 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Paul Iaizzo has a research contract and consultant appointment with Medtronic. Stephen Quallich is currently employed at Medtronic.
: <i>Human:</i> No human studies were carried out by the authors for this article. <i>Animal:</i> All institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at the University of Minnesota.