Why BrainSense™ technology?

The Percept™ family with BrainSense™ technology is the only sensing-enabled DBS system offering insights into a patient’s condition inside and outside of the clinic throughout the patient journey.


How it works

BrainSense™ technology captures brain signals (local field potentials or LFPs) using the implanted DBS lead. These signals can be recorded simultaneously while delivering therapeutic stimulation, inside and outside the clinic. Clinicians can also correlate these brain signals with stimulation and patient-captured events such as medication, symptoms, or side effects.

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See how BrainSense™ technology captures brain signals at the exact time a person with Parkinson’s disease experiences symptoms even when symptoms occur outside of an office visit. (This is an animated example representing a person with Parkinson’s disease.)


Now with cutting-edge advancements exclusive to the Medtronic Percept™ family of devices for Parkinson’s disease

BrainSense™ Electrode Identifier

Complete your initial programming in less than 20 minutes with BrainSense™ Electrode Identifier achieving comparable outcomes to the monopolar review.‡,1

BrainSense™ Electrode Identifier

BrainSense™ Adaptive DBS (aDBS)

aDBS uses BrainSense™ technology to automatically adjust therapeutic stimulation to maximize motor symptom control throughout the day and night.

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New BrainSense™ Electrode Identifier for Parkinson’s disease

The BrainSense™ suite of tools offers decision-making support to select and optimize programming configurations and to maximize therapeutic results over time.

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Increased in-clinic efficiency‡,1

 

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Guides you to the sensing “sweet spot” on the lead

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Helps you conduct your initial programming faster than the traditional monopolar review for Parkinson’s disease


New BrainSense™ aDBS for Parkinson’s disease

  • aDBS offers improved motor symptom control with BrainSense™ aDBS compared to cDBS.§,2
  • aDBS uses BrainSense™ technology to automatically adjust therapeutic stimulation to maximize motor symptom (rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor) control throughout the day and night.
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There are risks and benefits of DBS: Risks include surgical complications, infection, failure to deliver therapy as needed and/or worsening of some symptoms.


Additional resources

Find MRI resources.

Medtronic MR Conditional systems are backed by more than 14 years of MRI research and testing history.

Access Medtronic Academy.

Access on-demand DBS resources, procedural videos, webinars, and more at Medtronic Academy.
 

Find reimbursement information.

See reimbursement codes and information for Medtronic DBS.