Tag: implantation
NICO highlights study showing “first ever” successful deep-brain BCI implantation in...
A study demonstrating the successful deep-brain placement of a brain-computer interface (BCI) microchip into a living animal with no apparent neurological effects has been...
Millimetric implant offers promising alternative to opioids or surgery in pain...
Using a one-millimetre-sized wireless implant to stimulate peripheral nerves from within blood vessels has the potential to treat neuropathic pain that is resistant to...
US physicians “among nation’s first” to implant neurostimulator technology for advanced...
Doctors at St David's Medical Center in Austin, USA recently implanted a new neurostimulator technology in patients to help treat advanced heart failure—and are...
Antibiotic envelopes appear safe and effective in decreasing SCS surgical site...
Antibiotic impregnated envelopes appear to be a safe and effective modality for decreasing surgical site infection risks in spinal cord stimulation (SCS) implantation, according...
Research shows brain rhythm changes occur ‘within minutes’ of DBS surgery...
New research published in Translational Psychiatry presents evidence that brief intraoperative exposure to therapeutic deep brain stimulation (DBS) at the time of implantation surgery induces...
Low pain scores following spinal cord stimulation trials found predictive of...
Low pain scores after spinal cord stimulation (SCS) trials are predictive of successful SCS implants with high sensitivity, according to a recent study. The...
First commercial implantation of Mainstay Medical’s ReActiv8 performed in Germany
The first commercial implantation of Mainstay Medical’s ReActiv8 has taken place in Germany.
The implantation was performed by Francis Kilian, orthopaedic and neurosurgeon at the...
