• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science

Spanish
sb-logo-with-brain
  • Resources
    • Monthly eNewsletter
    • Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle
    • The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness
    • How to evaluate brain training claims
    • Resources at a Glance
  • Brain Teasers
    • Top 25 Brain Teasers & Games for Teens and Adults
    • Brain Teasers for each Cognitive Ability
    • More Mind Teasers & Games for Adults of any Age
  • Virtual Summits
    • 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • Speaker Roster
    • Brainnovations Pitch Contest
    • 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
    • 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit
  • Report: Pervasive Neurotechnology
  • Report: Digital Brain Health
  • About
    • Mission & Team
    • Endorsements
    • Public Speaking
    • In the News
    • Contact Us

An idea gaining traction: Can measuring typing cadence help monitor and treat Parkinson’s Disease?

January 10, 2019 by SharpBrains

FDA grants break­through device des­ig­na­tion to Neu­raMetrix (press release):

“The U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) has grant­ed Break­through Device des­ig­na­tion to the Neu­raMetrix brain health mon­i­tor­ing solu­tion. The des­ig­na­tion is grant­ed for devices “that pro­vide more effec­tive treat­ment or diag­no­sis of life-threat­en­ing or irre­versibly debil­i­tat­ing human dis­ease or con­di­tions”. The approved use is mon­i­tor­ing of Parkinson’s dis­ease (PD) to more effec­tive­ly treat patients with PD, which is a sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenge for neu­rol­o­gists today as they only see the patient a few times a year. 

PD is a debil­i­tat­ing chron­ic con­di­tion that affects hun­dreds of thou­sands of lives glob­al­ly. Although there is no cure for PD, ear­ly detec­tion, dis­ease man­age­ment and prop­er treat­ment can pro­vide sig­nif­i­cant relief. “The break­through device des­ig­na­tion reaf­firms that the Neu­raMetrix brain mon­i­tor­ing solu­tion could enable bet­ter treat­ment of patients by pro­vid­ing more pre­cise and time­ly feed­back,” said Jan Samzelius, chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of NeuraMetrix. 

The Neu­raMetrix’ dig­i­tal bio­mark­er mea­sures incon­sis­ten­cy of typ­ing cadence (the rhythm of how we type on a key­board) — a proven indi­ca­tor of brain health. Clin­i­cal data has demon­strat­ed that Neu­raMetrix may be effec­tive for Cen­tral Ner­vous Sys­tem (CNS) dis­eases such as PD, Alzheimer’s dis­ease (AD) and Depression.”

About the Breakthrough Devices Program

  • Descrip­tion: The Break­through Devices Pro­gram is a vol­un­tary pro­gram for cer­tain med­ical devices and device-led com­bi­na­tion prod­ucts that pro­vide for more effec­tive treat­ment or diag­no­sis of life-threat­en­ing or irre­versibly debil­i­tat­ing dis­eases or con­di­tions … The Break­through Devices Pro­gram replaces the Expe­dit­ed Access Path­way and Pri­or­i­ty Review for med­ical devices. The FDA con­sid­ers devices grant­ed des­ig­na­tion under the Expe­dit­ed Access Path­way to be part of the Break­through Devices Program.
  • To learn more, vis­it the FDA page Here

News in Context:

  • Jan Samzelius, CEO of Brain­no­va­tions Win­ner Neu­raMetrix, encour­ages pio­neers to focus on “sim­ple, ele­gant solu­tions to big problems”
  • Five rea­sons the future of brain enhance­ment is dig­i­tal, per­va­sive and (hope­ful­ly) bright 
Dig­i­tal Men­tal Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope + Brain­no­va­tions Ses­sion 1 from Sharp­Brains

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pock­et

Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: digital biomarker, FDA, NeuraMetrix, Parkinsons-disease, Typing Cadence

Primary Sidebar

Top Articles on Brain Health and Neuroplasticity

  1. Can you grow your hippocampus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it matters
  2. How learning changes your brain
  3. To harness neuroplasticity, start with enthusiasm
  4. Three ways to protect your mental health during –and after– COVID-19
  5. Why you turn down the radio when you're lost
  6. Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle Is the Key to Self-Empowered Aging
  7. Ten neu­rotech­nolo­gies about to trans­form brain enhance­ment & health
  8. Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright
  9. What Educators and Parents Should Know About Neuroplasticity and Dance
  10. The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains
  11. Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress
  12. Can brain training work? Yes, if it meets these 5 conditions
  13. What are cognitive abilities and how to boost them?
  14. Eight Tips To Remember What You Read
  15. Twenty Must-Know Facts to Harness Neuroplasticity and Improve Brain Health

Top 10 Brain Teasers and Illusions

  1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test
  2. Check out this brief attention experiment
  3. Test your stress level
  4. Guess: Are there more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon?
  5. Quick brain teasers to flex two key men­tal mus­cles
  6. Count the Fs in this sentence
  7. Can you iden­tify Apple’s logo?
  8. Ten classic optical illu­sions to trick your mind
  9. What do you see?
  10. Fun Mental Rotation challenge
  • Check our Top 25 Brain Teasers, Games and Illusions

Join 35,212 readers exploring, at no cost, the latest in neuroplasticity and brain health.

By subscribing you agree to receive our free, monthly eNewsletter. We don't rent or sell emails collected, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

IMPORTANT: Please check your inbox or spam folder in a couple minutes and confirm your subscription.

Get In Touch!

Contact Us

660 4th Street, Suite 205,
San Francisco, CA 94107 USA

About Us

SharpBrains is an independent market research firm tracking health and performance applications of brain science. We prepare general and tailored market reports, publish consumer guides, produce an annual global and virtual conference, and provide strategic advisory services.

© 2022 SharpBrains. All Rights Reserved - Privacy Policy