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AORN Journal, Feb, 2005
A new device being developed could improve the lives of people living with neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, epilepsy, depression, and eating disorders, according to a Nov 8, 2004, news release from the Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario. The small, multichannel recording and stimulating device is expected to aid in the advancement of deep brain stimulation, a recommended treatment for advanced movement disorders (eg, tremors, slowness, rigidity) associated with neurological diseases.
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The traditional surgical approach to treating these conditions involves using a recording electrode to identify regions of the brain associated with movement disorders. The patient is awake and constrained in a head frame during a procedure that can last six to eight hours. After target areas are identified, a larger electrode is surgically implanted in the brain when the patient is under general anesthesia. Stimulation therapy is delivered by a small, pacemaker-type device implanted adjacent to the patient's collarbone.
The new, much smatter device would integrate the recording and stimulation functions. The recording function still could be used intraoperatively, but the emphasis would be on configuring the stimulation field with chronic recordings to save OR time and tailor the stimulation fields to reduce side effects. Simplifying the procedure could shift the majority of treatment to outpatient settings.
New Canadian Technology Set to Revolutionize Treatment of Neurological Disorders (news release, London, Ontario: Lawson Health Research Institute, Nov & 2004).
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