DBS therapy: Together, we can offer your patients who have not responded adequately to drug treatment a therapy clinically proven to significantly reduce the frequency of seizures, restoring their hope for improved quality of life. Additionally, Medtronic gives you the first safe* access to MRI anywhere on the body for diagnosing health conditions in patients with deep brain stimulation.
Bilateral anterior thalamic nucleus stimulation using the Medtronic DBS System for Epilepsy is indicated as adjunctive therapy for reducing the frequency of seizures in individuals 18 years of age or older diagnosed with epilepsy characterized by partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalization, that are refractory to three or more antiepileptic medications.
The Medtronic DBS System for Epilepsy has demonstrated safety and effectiveness in patients who average 6 or more seizures per month over the three most recent months prior to implant of the DBS system (with no more than 30 days between seizures), and has not been evaluated in patients with less frequent seizures.
Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy is an effective and well-established therapy with proven results:
- DBS significantly reduces the frequency of seizures in adults with medically refractory partial-onset epilepsy.1
- DBS significantly reduces patients’ most severe seizures, complex partial seizures, and incidence of epilepsy-related injury.
- Long-term, patients who have tried VNS showed improvement in seizure frequency with DBS.
- Long-term, patients who have tried resective surgery showed improvement in seizure frequency with DBS.
- DBS improves long-term quality of life.
HOW IT WORKS
Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy targets the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT), part of a network in the brain involved in the generation and propagation of seizures. Leads implanted bilaterally in the ANT provide controlled electrical stimulation to modulate the network.
MEDTRONIC DBS SYSTEM
A Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation system includes implanted leads, lead extensions, a neurostimulator, and programming devices.
Leads
Insulated leads deliver targeted electrical pulses to the anterior nucleus of the thalamus.
Lead Extensions
Used to connect the leads to the neurostimulator
Neurostimulator
- A device similar to a cardiac pacemaker
- Delivers controlled electrical stimulation at intervals programmed by the physician
- Typically implanted under the skin in the upper chest
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