Stimulation Implants
May 27 2010 - Cyberonics, Inc. announced the results of a multicenter, double-blind, randomized dosing study which showed a consistent, sustained and clinically meaningful decrease in depression symptoms across all treatment groups as measured by multiple validated depression assessment scales. Four physician-rated depression scales and one patient-rated depression scale used in thi ...
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On May 21, 2009, Medtronic, announced the U.S. FDA had approved Activa® RC and Activa PC. The deep brain stimulation (DBS) devices are available for the treatment of the symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. Medtronic DBS Therapy delivers small electrical pulses to precisely targeted areas within one or both sides of the brain to help patients achieve gr ...
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Medtronic provides the industry’s only complete portfolio of next-generation DBS systems to meet individual patient needs, all in a single programming platform. The advanced programming features of Activa devices provide clinicians with greater ability to fine-tune stimulation and customize their patients’ therapy, which may help patients reach optimized settings sooner.
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St. Jude Medical, Inc. recieved CE Mark approval of its Brio™ neurostimulator in 2009. Its currently the world’s smallest, longest-lasting rechargeable deep brain stimulation (DBS) device for treating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The Brio is slightly larger than a typical man’s watch, the neurostimulator has a thin 10 mm profile and weighs 29 grams (approximately 1 oz). Th ...
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Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced the global launch of the Defeat-HF (Determining the Feasibility of Spinal Cord Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure) clinical trial. It is the industry’s first prospective, randomized study evaluating the clinical feasibility of spinal cord stimulation (SCS), or neurostimulation, to improve clinical signs and symptoms of he ...
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Deep brain stimulation is a highly experimental neurosurgical treatment for chronic depression in which the brain is stimulated with electrical impulses. Although it's been approved for several other conditions, deep brain stimulation hasn't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for depression treatment and is in the early stages of research. Requiring brain surger ...
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