Simultaneous stimulation for low power consumption

A stimulation system comprising:

• a stimulator including a multi-channel electrode array having a monopolar electrode configuration;
• a processor operatively coupled to the stimulator, the processor configured to determine a channel interaction (CI) sequence using simultaneous, sign-correlated pulses and channel interaction compensation, the CI sequence having a CI pulse rate and a CI mean pulse amplitude, the CI sequence for producing resulting potentials that are substantially equal to a desired potentials at given positions relative to the multi-channel array.

A computer program product for simultaneously activating electrodes in a multi-channel electrode array having a monopolar electrode configuration, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code comprising:

• program code for determining a channel interaction (CI) sequence using simultaneous, sign-correlated pulses and channel interaction compensation, the CI sequence having a CI pulse rate and a CI mean pulse amplitude, the CI sequence for producing resulting potentials that are substantially equal to a desired potentials at given positions relative to the multi-channel array.