Medtronic, Inc. Begins First U.S. Implants To Research Deep Brain Stimulation

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American doctors have begun implanting a new deep brain stimulation system by Medtronic that senses and records brain activity at the same time it delivers therapy to treat Parkinson’s symptoms, essential tremors and epilepsy, the company announced Thursday. The Activa PC+S deep brain stimulation system may allow researchers to actually make the link to brain signals that cause the devastating and debilitating shaking related to Parkinson’s — or to a host of other neurological and psychological disorders. In much the same way that doctors 40 years ago used what they learned about heart rhythms to develop pacemakers that automatically adjust to patient activity, neurologists hope they can eventually develop technology that can automatically adjust therapy to a patient’s brain.

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