Before his deep brain stimulation procedure, Parkinson’s disease patient Frank Maver could not drive his car or get out of a chair without assistance. After the procedure he says, “my life has ...

An update to the traditional deep brain stimulation device enables adaptive pulses of electricity that help to lessen the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and inform future research University of ...

For Abbott, good things come in tiny packages. The devicemaker’s Liberta RC implant—the smallest rechargeable, remote programming-equipped deep brain stimulation system not just in Abbott’s portfolio, ...

New closed-loop system self-adjusts DBS therapy to individual brain activity in real time; the largest commercial launch of brain-computer interface technology ever There is no cure for debilitating ...

The technology is designed to adjust therapy in real time based on a patient’s brain activity, potentially improving symptom control, according to a Feb. 24 news release from the company. The ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Hartford HealthCare’s Chase Family Movement Disorders Center recently performed its 200th deep brain stimulator implantation since the start of the program in 2017. This ...

More than 10 million people globally live with Parkinson’s disease, for which there is currently no cure. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment that helps alleviate some movement ...

Noida: A 65-year-old man from Turkmenistan, who had been battling severe tremors in his right hand for years, has regained ...