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Medtronic to Seek FDA Approval of Brain Stimulation Device for Epilepsy

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

Medtronic is reporting that its deep brain stimulation device, the Intercept™ Epilepsy Control System, has been shown to "significantly reduced seizure frequency among patients with medically refractory epilepsy with partial-onset seizures." According to a brief statement on the firm's website,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on December 15, 2008 12:00 AM



Vagus Nerve Stimulation Shows Success in Study

Filed under: Neurological Surgery

Vagus Nerve Stimulation, the only FDA approved technique to treat depression that fits Medgadget's rubric, the unapproved technique being TSD (Transcranial Stimulation & Depression), is continuing to show positive results in a study from Medical University of South Carolina....permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on August 20, 2007 10:33 AM



Severe Micro-Cellulotamination

Filed under: Public Health

It's time to put a stop to a serious neurodegenerative disorder plaguing cell phone users: Severe Micro-Cellulotamination (SMC). The video above will provide us with valuable facts and a plan for how to halt this disease in its tracks....permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 2, 2006 11:51 AM



Preemptive Treatment of Seizures by VNS?

Filed under: Neurological Surgery , Neurology

VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) therapy has been approved by the FDA as an adjunctive treatment for medically refractory partial onset seizures. Now scientists from the MIT and clinicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are trying to "upgrade" a VNS...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on September 5, 2006 12:56 AM



Trigeminal Stimulation as an Epilepsy Treatment

Filed under: Neurology

UCLA is reporting about early efforts to control epilepsy via trigeminal nerve stimulation. In the study of seven patients at the David Geffen School of Medicine, trigeminal stimulation using electrodes from Valencia, Calif.-based Advanced Bionics Corp., has resulted in four...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 27, 2006 04:45 PM



Cyberonics VNS System in the Literature

Filed under: Neurological Surgery

Cyberonics, Inc would like you to pick up the latest issue of Neuropsychopharmacology (winner of the Longest One-word Journal Title Award). If you can't shell out the cash for a subscription or $30 for access to a specific article,...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 6, 2006 12:29 AM



Vagal Stimulation Device May Be Key in Stopping Hiccups

Filed under: Neurology

Next time you have a bout of the hiccups, it's frightening to wonder: What if this never stops? Because there are a few chronic hiccup sufferers out there who have to grapple with what is usually quick and benign, day...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on January 10, 2006 08:40 AM



Neurostimulation: Everyone's Doing It

Filed under: Neurology

The word on TheStreet is that all the big players are buying up neurostimulation devices: St. Jude, which makes pacemakers, implanted defibrillators and other medical devices, will gain Advanced Neuromodulation's low-voltage stimulation devices that are used to treat chronic pain...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on November 9, 2005 12:29 AM



VNS for Depression

Filed under: Psychiatry , in the news...

VNS therapy (Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy System), described in our earlier post, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of medically refractory depression. From the USA Today article: The government on Friday approved a new therapy for the severely...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on July 18, 2005 02:01 AM



VNS Therapy System's FDA Clearance Under Investigation

Filed under: Society

This is according to a MarketWatch report: The Senate Finance Committee is investigating the Food and Drug Administration's handling of a marketing clearance for Cyberonics's VNS Therapy System to treat chronic depression... According to Cyberonics, the inquiry focuses on allegations...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on May 19, 2005 07:17 AM



VNS Therapy for depression?

Filed under: Psychiatry

VNS therapy (Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy System) has for a while been an FDA-approved adjunctive treatment for medically refractory partial onset seizures. Now, it seems, that FDA is considering an approval of VNS therapy for treatment-resistant depression: HOUSTON, Feb. 2...permanent URL

Posted in Medgadget on February 3, 2005 01:50 AM