Latest Neuroprosthetics Stories
Physicians at the Cardiovascular Institute of Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh have launched a study exploring the potential of an investigational, implantable device to determine whether stimulation of a critical nerve pathway in the brain can relieve the symptoms of heart failure and slow disease progression. Heart failure is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and the leading cause of hospital admissions in adults over the age of 65. Pittsburgh, PA...
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Innovations, LLC, a leading developer of high technology lower-limb prosthetic medical devices, announced today that Richard Browne won the silver medal in the highly anticipated 100 meter race for T44 below-the-knee amputees at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Browne was the first athlete to utilize Freedom Innovations' groundbreaking Catapult® Running Foot at a Paralympic Games. (Photo:...
MILAN, Italy, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Retina Implant AG, the leading developer of subretinal implants for patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), today announced that results from the Company's second human clinical trial will be presented at the 12(th) EURETINA Congress, in Milan, 6-9 September. On Friday, 7 September at 16:45 CEST Professor Eberhart Zrenner, director and chairman of the Institute for Ophthalmic Research at the Centre for Ophthalmology of the...
MILAN, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Okuvision GmbH, the leading developer of transcorneal electrical stimulation (TES) therapy for patients with early-to mid-stage retinitis pigmentosa (RP) today announced that results from the Company's human clinical trial will be shared at the 12(th) EURETINA Congress, in Milan, 6-9 September. The abstract titled "Effects of Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa" will be presented by Dr. Tobias Roeck from the...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical device company, announced today that it received CE Certification for its external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS(TM)) system, called the Monarch(TM), for the adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and major depressive disorder, for adults and children 9 years and older. NeuroSigma's approval was supported by years of safety and compelling efficacy data generated in clinical trials conducted at...
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Innovations, LLC, a leading developer of high technology lower-limb prosthetic medical devices, announced today that bilateral amputee Amy Purdy will be among the 11 teams to travel the world for the new season of the Amazing Race which premieres Sunday, Sept. 30 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. As a world-champion adaptive snowboarder and co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports, Purdy has inspired countless...
In Asia Pacific (including Japan, Australia & South Korea) as well as China, aging population and demand for superior dental aesthetics will drive the dental prosthetics market over the 2011–2018 forecast period. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) September 02, 2012 Australia has increasingly been affected by the outsourcing of dental prosthetics, while Japan continues to be affected by some level of economic uncertainty. However, the increasing penetration rate of CAD/CAM technology will...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online An Australian woman has partially regained her sight thanks to a prototype bionic eye scientists have developed. Dianne Ashworth had severe vision loss due to retinitis pigmentosa, but thanks to a bionic eye transplant in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, she was able to see different shapes. "All of a sudden I could see a little flash ... it was amazing," Ashworth, who is 54 years old, said in a statement. "Every...
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced a new die packaging technology has passed an internal qualification regime typical for active implantable medical devices consisting of thermal and mechanical stressing to MIL-STD-883 test standards. The die packaging technology is targeted at implantable medical...
Research results reported in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also central structures of the brain. While the brain is able to adapt and compensate for injury in certain conditions, in amputees the traumatic event prevents adaptive cortical changes. A group of scientists reports adaptive plastic changes in an amputee's brain following implantation of multielectrode arrays inside peripheral nerves. Their results are...
