Posts Tagged ‘device’
FDA clears deep transcranial magnetic stimulation device to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder
BrainsWay’s Brain Stimulation Device Receives FDA Approval to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (IEEE Spectrum): “In 2013, Jerusalem-based BrainsWay began marketing a new type of brain stimulation device that uses magnetic pulses to treat major depressive disorder. Now, thanks to positive results in a study of 100 patients, the company has received approval from the U.S. Food…
Read MoreDARPA paving the way for a future brain-based Internet
___ DARPA Wants Brain Interfaces for Able-Bodied Warfighters (IEEE Spectrum): “Until now, the neuroscience programs at DARPA, the mad science wing of the Department of Defense, have focused on technologies for warfighters who have returned home with disabilities of the body or brain. For example, programs have funded research on prosthetic limbs that are wired…
Read MoreDARPA invests in nonsurgical neurotechnologies for eventual use in healthy human subjects
___ Nonsurgical Neural Interfaces Could Significantly Expand Use of Neurotechnology (DARPA News): “Over the past two decades, the international biomedical research community has demonstrated increasingly sophisticated ways to allow a person’s brain to communicate with a device, allowing breakthroughs aimed at improving quality of life, such as access to computers and the internet, and more…
Read MoreAustralian neurotech firm raises $4m to develop neurofeedback-based headband aimed at helping kids with autism relax and better engage
Neurotech raises $4m for medical device (Business News Western Australia): “Medical technology company Neurotech International has tapped investors for $4m to fund further development of its Mente Autism device…which uses neurofeedback technology to help children with autism spectrum disorder.”
Read MoreDebate: In the field of neurostimulation, what comes first, Published Research or Patents?
The Brain-Zapping Olympians (The Ringer): “Gaining jacked-up physical powers from frontal-lobe-electrifying headgear sounds like a half-baked superhero origin story. It’s also a premise that athletes are buying as reality. NBA players and Olympians are wearing a brain-stimulation device called Halo Sport in an attempt to transform into champions.
Read MoreTrend: Taking health (and brain health) care “beyond the pill”
. How Device Makers Can Take Healthcare “Beyond the Pill” (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry): “One thing is clear: Pharma’s commitment to “beyond the pill” has never been so apparent. Each and every pharma company seems to have formed a division or a strategic team to explore new services around patient compliance, population health data…
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