Two patients with primary generalized dystonia successfully treated with bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation (DBS) continued to experience relief of symptoms for at least 2 months after active ...

St. Jude Medical Inc announced it has received European CE Mark approval for 3 deep-brain stimulation (DBS) systems — Brio, Libra, and LibraXP — for the management of symptoms in intractable primary ...

In what is believed to be the largest follow-up record of patients with the most common form of hereditary dystonia – a movement disorder that can cause crippling muscle contractions – experts in deep ...

Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly ...

Using a complex set of data from records and imaging scans of patients who have undergone successful DBS implantation, researchers have created 3-D, computerized models that map the brain region ...

Dystonia patient Michael Richardson enjoys hiking with his son, Eddie — one of many activities that wasn't possible before his DBS surgery. Dystonia patient Michael Richardson enjoys hiking with his ...

The Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Vercise™ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System has received CE Mark approval for the treatment of intractable primary and secondary dystonia, a neurological ...

Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States have dystonia, making it the ...

India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced the launch of the Percept PC – Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system for patients with Parkinson’s disease, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dystonia is a movement disorder that affects about 300,000 Americans. Simple activities like walking, balancing, or even talking are hard for these patients. Now - a surgery ...