Mitigating bit flips or single event upsets in epilepsy neurostimulators.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to review software errors known as single event upsets (SEUs) or bit flips due to cosmic rays in epilepsy neurostimulators.

Materials And Methods: A case report of a single event upset or bit flip is discussed; device manufacturers and publicly available data were queried for both incidence and types of error as well as strategies of software error mitigation.

Results: Neurostimulators, like other implanted devices such as pacemakers, are prone to single event upsets.