Two new studies involving high school football and hockey players have indicated wearing a specifically-designed compression collar around the neck may prevent or reduce the effects of head collisions in sports. The neck device, called a Q-Collar, is designed to press gently on the jugular vein to slow blood outflow increasing the brain’s blood volume. The resulting effect of the increased blood volume should help the brain fit tighter within the skull cavity, reducing the energy absorbed by the brain during collisions.
The importance of pulse frequency as a parameter in neurostimulation is well-known. Data published in Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface offer an analysis of the effects of pulse frequency alteration on stimulation thresholds, paraesthesia site coverage and patient sensation and satisfaction associated with spinal cord stimulation.
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may have advantages over other imaging modalities in later time windows when it comes to selecting patients for endovascular treatment of acute ischaemic stroke. That is according to Gregory Albers (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA). He made this assessment during a presentation at the International Stroke Conference (ISC; 17–19 February, Los Angeles, USA).
Terumo Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Sequent Medical, known for its WEB aneurysm embolisation device.
Using an advanced imaging technique, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System (Montefiore, USA) were able to predict which patients who had recently suffered concussions were likely to fully recover.
The more fit you are in midlife, the less likely you are to have a stroke after age 65, according to new research published in Stroke.
Windpact has launched the Crash Cloud system, with the aim of reducing rates of concussion. The Crash Cloud system is made up of three elements: Wind Springs, Impact Vents and Refresh Vents.
Researchers at The Rockefeller University (New York City, USA) have described a new technique that captures a detailed snapshot of global activity in the mouse brain.
A new bill introduced to the US Senate by Senator Dan Coats seeks to address the gap between the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s priority review process for breakthrough medical devices, and the Centers for Medical and Medicare Services’ (CMS) review system for reimbursement.
The Netherlands presidency of the European Council and representatives of the European Parliament have reached a political agreement on two draft regulations for medical devices. The new regulations are aimed at ensuring that medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices are safe while allowing patients to benefit of innovative health care solutions in a timely manner. However, the agreement is subject to the approval by the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee and of the Parliament’s ENVI committee.
A study recently published in the journal Neuromodulation has concluded that using spinal cord stimulation devices, paraesthesia are not necessary for pain relief and may actually increase attention to pain.
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has demonstrated both the importance of, and the challenges associated with, treating people who are at high risk of a stroke.
Boston Scientific Corporation has launched the Precision Montage MRI spinal cord stimulator system after receiving approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Mainstay Medical International has received CE mark approval for ReActiv8, its proprietary implantable neurostimulation system designed to treat disabling chronic low back pain.
Data from the first 500 patients was presented at the European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) in Barcelona, Spain, by Antonin Krajina (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic). The data showed that 9 out of 10 patients had complete or near complete removal of the clot and over half were functionally independent. In a subset of these 500 patients, over 58% were functionally independent at 90 days. This closely matches the population of the interventional arm in a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials for ischaemic stroke, according to a company release.
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