Neurology
NeuroSigma Receives Global Quality Control Certification
July 2, 2012 3:53 pm | News | CommentsToday NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical device company, announced that it received ISO 13485: 2003 certification, indicating that it operates a Quality Management System for the design, manufacturing and distribution of its external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS™) system for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Penumbra Inc. Launches the New MAX System Reperfusion Catheters for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
June 19, 2012 6:03 am | News | CommentsThe Penumbra System® family of aspiration thrombectomy devices now includes the MAX System of Reperfusion Catheters for removal of clots in patients experiencing acute ischemic stroke. The MAX System neuro-interventional devices offer a fast, simplified...
Paralyzed Rats Walk Again
June 1, 2012 2:35 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsSpinal stimulation combined with assisted walking therapy generates new neural circuits and restores voluntary leg movement.
Neuroscientists reach major milestone in whole-brain circuit mapping project
June 1, 2012 6:39 am | News | CommentsNeuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reached an important milestone today, publicly releasing the first installment out of 500 terabytes of data so far collected in their pathbreaking project to construct the first whole-brain wiring diagram of a vertebrate brain...
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Shown to Impact Walking Patterns
June 1, 2012 6:34 am | News | CommentsIn a step towards improving rehabilitation for patients with walking impairments, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute found that non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum, an area of the brain known to be essential in adaptive learning, helped healthy individuals...
Brain Chip Helps Quadriplegics Move Robotic Arms with Their Thoughts
May 30, 2012 11:35 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsIt's the first study to show that brain chips can assist paralyzed people to perform complex real-world tasks.
Brain Scan for Alzheimer's
May 30, 2012 11:35 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsA recently approved plaque-tracking dye can improve doctors' ability to identify Alzheimer's.
Pill Could Reverse Effects of a Stroke Long After It Hits
May 30, 2012 11:35 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsOne pharmaceutical company aims to lengthen a stroke's drug-treatable period from hours to months.
Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Field of the Brain
May 29, 2012 9:14 am | News | CommentsIn future a new magnetic sensor the size of a sugar cube might simplify the measurement of brain activity. In the magnetically shielded room of Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) the sensor has passed an important technical test: Spontaneous as well as stimulated...
STeleR study: Telerehab improves functioning after stroke
May 29, 2012 9:12 am | News | CommentsResearchers led by Regenstrief Institute investigator Neale Chumbler, Ph.D., a research scientist with the Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice at the Richard Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, have developed STeleR...
Researchers Restore Neuron Function to Brains Damaged by Huntington's Disease
May 29, 2012 9:10 am | News | CommentsResearchers from South Korea, Sweden, and the United States have collaborated on a project to restore neuron function to parts of the brain damaged by Huntington’s disease (HD) by successfully transplanting HD-induced pluripotent stem cells into animal models.
Xavant launches breakthrough nerve stimulator for surgery
May 18, 2012 6:00 am | News | CommentsXavant 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, 2012 5:24 am | News | CommentsBioness 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, 2012 5:29 am | News | CommentsLondon’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
April 13, 2012 5:36 am | News | CommentsCAMBRIDGE, 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
April 5, 2012 7:41 am | by johnshopkins | Videos | CommentsEpilepsy 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
February 9, 2012 4:59 am | News | CommentsWASHINGTON--(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
February 8, 2012 5:21 am | News | CommentsWILMINGTON, 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
February 3, 2012 5:26 am | News | CommentsATLANTA--(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
January 24, 2012 5:03 am | News | CommentsVAL 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
January 24, 2012 4:46 am | News | CommentsSAN 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
January 19, 2012 5:18 am | News | CommentsANN 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
January 18, 2012 5:45 am | News | CommentsCAMBRIDGE, 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
January 12, 2012 5:08 am | News | CommentsWAUKESHA, 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
January 11, 2012 5:09 am | News | CommentsGAINESVILLE, 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...
