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Market Sector - Neurological
FDA slaps Class I stamp on CareFusion recall of brain mapping system
24 January 2012
The US FDA has given CareFusion's recall of its Nicolet cortical stimulator system the most serious Class I designation. The cortical stimulator is used to identify brain structures during brain mapping procedures, carried out in the operating room ...
Bracco and Cyberonics back on track after FDA gives thumbs up to recalled products
09 January 2012
Vagal nerve stimulation specialist Cyberonics and contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics have had a good start to 2012, after the US FDA gave both companies the go-ahead to start reselling products that were recalled last year. The agency has ...
US consumer group demands withdrawal of Stryker's troubled Wingspan brain stent
28 December 2011
US non-profit organisation Public Citizen has urged the FDA to immediately withdraw approval of Stryker's brain stent system Wingspan over safety concerns. The group has sent the agency a petition saying that the device's benefits do not outweigh ...
US politicians turn the screws on MOM hip implants and brain stents
13 October 2011
Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants and brain stents could soon come under tighter scrutiny after a group of US Democrats has asked for further investigation of the devices' safety profile. The group, from the Energy and Commerce Committee and led by ...
Cyberonics to carry on without CCO after James Reinstein resigns
11 October 2011
James Reinstein has resigned as Cyberonics' senior vice-president and chief commercial officer due to personal reasons, and the vagal nerve stimulation specialist has decided not to replace him. Mr Reinstein will leave the company on 27 April 2012, ...
 
Five Minutes with… Jonas Jendi of Cogmed Systems 13 May 2010

Jonas Jendi has been CEO of Swedish memory training firm Cogmed Systems since 2001 and has helped develop the firm’s programme of computerised exercises for improving a patient’s working memory. The programme consists of 25 training sessions, each ...

Noninvasive brain-stimulating ultrasound on the horizon
12 June 2009
Brain stimulation techniques are becoming more popular, with an ever-growing number of uses. The most established method, deep brain stimulation (DBS), has been available for several years for tremor and Parkinson's disease, but in February, the US ...
St Jude's DBS device still effective in depression after one year
26 May 2009
A pilot study of St Jude Medical 's Libra deep brain stimulation (DBS) system in depression has found that patients still benefit from the treatment a year after it was initiated. The 21-patient study, which used Libra to stimulate Brodmann area 25, ...
 
 
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19 March 2012
Montreux Convention and Music Centre, Switzerland
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23 June 2012
Bilbao, Spain
 
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