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Illustration depicting the electrodes (negative electrode, positive electrode and anchor tether) wrapped around the left vagus nerve and connected to a Demipulse generator via a thin flexible lead. The Demipulse generator is subcutaneously implanted in the chest region. Figure kindly supplied by Cyberonics, Inc. (Houston, TX, USA) and used with their permission.
