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NOTE: Liquids, metallic particles etc. might cause a short-circuit on the HS. Such short-circuits are
detected with the HST, except for 2 specific locations on the HS, which are indicated in yellow on the
figure below. If such a short would occur without being detected by the HST, the neural data recorded
by the probe will be corrupted on multiple channels.
Figure 11: Locations on the HS in which an electrical short-circuit cannot be detected.
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