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Xavant launches breakthrough nerve stimulator for surgery

May 18 | News

Xavant Technology, a medical device company specializing in the development and manufacturing of nerve stimulators, has launched a breakthrough nerve stimulator, the Stimpod NMS450.

Bioness Announces FDA Clearance of Smaller Leg Cuff for Use with its L300 Foot Drop System

May 15 | News

Bioness Inc. today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a smaller leg cuff for use with the company’s L300® Foot Drop System. The L300 is a neuromodulation technology designed to treat foot drop...

London’s Air Ambulance Trialling Brain-Cooling Device in Cardiac Arrest Patients

May 2 | News

London’s Air Ambulance, the Charity which runs London’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, has become the first in the UK to trial a novel device for directly cooling the brain using evaporative, nasal spray technology, the RhinoChill® IntraNasal Cooling System...

InVivo Therapeutics Expects to Commence Human Study after Meeting on IDE Filing for Biopolymer Scaffolding to Treat Spinal Cord Injuries

Apr 13 | News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI), announced today that it held a meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in which...

Stopping Epileptic Seizures With Fewer False Alarms

Apr 5 | Videos

Epilepsy affects 50 million people worldwide, but in a third of these cases, medication cannot keep seizures from occurring. One solution is to shoot a short pulse of electricity to the brain to stamp out the seizure just as it begins to erupt. But brain implants designed to do this have...

Flipping a Light Switch in the Cell: Quantum Dots Used for Targeted Neural Activation

Feb 9 | News

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--By harnessing quantum dots—tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across—researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain.

Sensable Customers Showcase Touch-Enabled Surgical, Medical Simulation and Robotics Innovations at MMVR Conference

Feb 8 | News

WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sensable’s customers will feature prominently at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) Conference in Newport Beach, California beginning tomorrow, where they will showcase innovative haptically-enabled surgical, medical simulation...

NeuroScience Foundation Committed To Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease Research In 2012

Feb 3 | News

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2011, the National Institute of Health spent more than $6 billion on cancer research, compared to less than $480 million on Alzheimer’s disease research. Those numbers do not seem alarming until you learn there are over 5.4 million people in the United States...

European Launch Of Penumbra Separator 3D Announced At The Working Group In Interventional Neuroradiology (WIN) Seminar

Jan 24 | News

VAL D’ISERE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At last week’s ABC-WIN Seminar, Prof. Dr. Michael Knauth, Director of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany, and President-elect of the German Society of Neuroradiology, presented the European evaluation...

FzioMed Receives CE Mark for DYNAVISC Gel

Jan 24 | News

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FzioMed, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received CE Mark approval to market DYNAVISC® adhesion barrier gel in Europe for tendon and peripheral nerve surgery. DYNAVISC is a clear, absorbable gel supplied ready-to-use...

Biotectix Announces First Human Implants of BT DOT Coated Electrodes

Jan 19 | News

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biotectix, LLC, an Allied Minds, Inc. subsidiary, is pleased to announce the first-in-human (FIH) use of an electrostimulation device incorporating its BT DOT conductive polymer coating technology. Last month, patients were surgically implanted...

InVivo Therapeutics, Geisinger Health System to Conduct Preclinical Study of Injectable Scaffold for Peripheral Nerve Injury For FDA Submission

Jan 18 | News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & DANVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries (SCI), and Geisinger Health System today announced a research collaboration to conduct a preclinical study...

GE Healthcare to Enhance EP Portfolio of Offerings through Biosense Webster Agreement

Jan 12 | News

WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare announced today a long-term agreement with Biosense Webster, Inc., in which the companies will co-distribute their leading electrophysiology (EP) systems — including GE’s CardioLab* EP Recording Systems and Biosense Webster’s...

Parkinson treatment shows positive results in clinical testing

Jan 11 | News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centers reported results today in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal indicating that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS — is effective at improving motor symptoms...

Implantable Pulse Generators ‘Stimulate’ Medical Device Industry

Implantable Pulse Generators ‘Stimulate’ Medical Device Industry

Jan 4 | Articles

In recent years, there has been great excitement about the use of neuromodulation to treat a wide array of medical conditions and diseases. The technology uses electrical signals to stimulate or block different nerve impulses in the body and is adapted from technology used in cardiac rhythm management. Advanced ceramic materials are playing an important role in the technology and are poised to play an even greater one as these medical devices flood onto the market to treat an increasing number of ailments.

Data Shows Medtronic AdaptiveStim with RestoreSensor Provides Pain Relief and Convenience

Dec 12 2011 | News

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clinical trial data presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society demonstrate the AdaptiveStim™ with RestoreSensor™ neurostimulation system from Medtronic provides clinical benefits for many patients...

Spinal Modulation System Receives CE Mark for the Management of Chronic Intractable Pain

Dec 9 2011 | News

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spinal Modulation, a privately held global medical device company, announced today that the Spinal Modulation Neurostimulator System has received the CE Mark for the management of chronic intractable pain. The Spinal Modulation System utilizes low-level electrical signals...

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