The object of making available a device having little space requirement thatreduces or eliminates an undesirable flow of current between the stimulatingelectrodes of a stimulation system by reason of imbalances of electric chargeson the stimulating electrodes is achieved, according to the present invention,bymeans of a device for stimulating living tissue or nerves by individual orrepeatedstimulating pulses via stimulating electrodes which stimulate living tissue ornerves by stimulating pulses, the device comprising an electrical circuitwhichregulates the electric voltage or the electric charge on the stimulatingelectrodesas a function of the electric voltage between the stimulating electrodes andreduces or equalises imbalances of electric charges on the stimulatingelectrodes. This device is capable of bringing about an equalisation of theelectric charge on the stimulating electrodes of a stimulation system. Thedeviceaccording to the invention and the process according to the invention forusingsaid device consequently have the advantage that imbalances of electriccharges on the stimulating electrodes, and the associated disadvantageouseffects on the tissue and on the nerves, are avoided or eliminated.Furthermore,the device according to the invention has a small space requirement.
