Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Brain Implant Powered and Controlled by Magnetic Fields
Neural implants may provide treatment options for a wide variety of ailments, including Parkinson's and epilepsy, but such devices have to work for long periods of time in a very difficult environment inside the cranium. One challenge is...
Neurosurgery
Magnetoencephalography Machine to Map Brain Activity FDA Approved
Compumedics, a company based outside of Melbourne, Australia, has won FDA approval for its Orion LifeSpan Magnetoencephalography (MEG) single Dewar system. MEG is a promising imaging technique that uses superconducting quantum interference...
Neurosurgery
World's First Portable MRI Cleared by FDA
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized medicine, but MRI scanners are so demanding that access to them is still a challenge. MRI machines typically require specially built rooms with magnet quench vent pipes, entry systems that...
Neurosurgery
Flashing Light Into Eyes Lowers Buildup of Alzheimer's Amyloid Plaques
A few years ago scientists discovered that directing flashing light at 40 Hertz (cycles per second) into the eyes and noises into the ears of mice with Alzheimer's disease led to a marked decline in amyloid plaques in their brains. The...
Neurosurgery
GammaTiles Help Prevent Recurrence of Malignant Brain Tumors After Surgery
GT Medical Technologies, a company based in Tempe, Arizona, won FDA clearance for its GammaTiles to be used to prevent malignant brain tumors in newly diagnosed patients. The devices, about the size of a postage stamp, contain Cesium-131, a...
Neurosurgery
Abbott Infinity First Directional Brain Stimulator to Target GPi to Treat Parkinson's
Abbott has announced that the FDA has given the company the first ever approval for a device to treat Parkinson's by delivering deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the internal globus pallidus (GPi), an area associated with motor function. The...
Neurosurgery
Abbott's Low Dose Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain: CES 2020
Abbott is a giant medical technology company, but it kept understated at CES. We had a chance to learn a bit of what the company is doing at the world's premiere gadget conference, which is the Proclaim XR low dose neuromodulation...
Neurosurgery
Percept PC Deep Brain Neurostimulator with BrainSense Cleared in Europe
Medtronic obtained the European CE Mark for its Percept PC neurostimulator that uses smart feedback technology to deliver deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's and other neurologic diseases. The so-called BrainSense technology...
Neurosurgery
InterStim Micro Neurostimulator and SureScan MRI Leads Cleared in Europe for Incontinence Control
Medtronic won EU regulatory clearance to introduce its InterStim Micro neurostimulator and InterStim SureScan MRI leads. The devices are used to deliver sacral neuromodulation therapy to treat overactive bladder (OAB), fecal incontinence, and...
Neurosurgery
