Tag: DBS therapy
Boston Scientific obtains CE mark for image-guided programming software in DBS
Boston Scientific Corporation has obtained a CE mark for the Vercise neural navigator 5 software with STIMVIEW XT technology, which—when used as part of...
Study elucidates how patient age and electrode connectivity impact cognitive effects...
A study presented at the recent American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual meeting (13–18 April, Denver, USA) has gone some way to elucidating how...
Researchers detail “more elegant” DBS approach for improving Parkinson’s symptoms
A team of physicians, neuroscientists and engineers at Duke University (Durham, USA) have reported multiple new strategies that use deep brain stimulation (DBS) to...
Enspire announces US$17.6 million Series B financing to advance DBS plus...
Enspire DBS Therapy recently announced that it has raised US$17.6 million of committed capital in a Series B financing led by existing investor Cleveland Clinic Innovations....
Deep brain stimulation may fulfil “desperate need” for effective Alzheimer’s therapy
A team including researchers from the USA, Germany and Canada has found that stimulating a specific network in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease patients...
Proof-of-concept study indicates utility of evoked-interference DBS in Parkinson’s disease
Closed-loop evoked-interference deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been shown to be potentially utilisable in characterising the role of oscillatory dynamics in Parkinson’s disease and...
Systematic review finds “strong evidence base” supporting deep brain stimulation for...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can halve the symptoms of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to the findings of a pooled data analysis of available...
Aleva Neurotherapeutics gains European MRI approval for deep brain stimulation system
Aleva Neurotherapeutics has announced CE-mark approval of its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) labelling for the directSTIM deep brain stimulation (DBS) system, allowing the technology...
Patient assent and lack of evidence among key ethical concerns identified...
A study intended to gain insight into prevailing ethical issues surrounding the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)...
