St. Jude Medical has obtained European regulatory approval for the Athena system for programming the firm’s Libra, LibraXP, and Brio deep brain stimulation devices. The Athena software runs on a touch enabled Fujitsu LIFEBOOK P Series laptop.
Some features from the press release:
Largest and only full-color touch screen measuring 22.6 cm, which allows users to see all leads and programming information at one time; Patient database feature that can hold up to 200,000 patient records, providing a full history of programming sessions for every patient; Data export capability that permits the user to export data for analysis, printing and emailing; Clinician notes section that provides a convenient means to add information about each programming session and that can easily be accessed in subsequent sessions
Press release: St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Next-Generation Athena Programmer for the Management of Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy…