MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced the completion of implants in its U.S. pivotal clinical study of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy, a form of the neurological condition that does not respond to antiepileptic drugs. With 110 patients now implanted with the Intercept™ Epilepsy Control System, results of the study – the SANTE (Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Epilepsy) Trial – are expected to be available during 2008.
