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Giving you a better quality of life. For real.
People living with Parkinson’s can often find even small tasks becoming increasingly challenging to achieve. That’s where Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) comes in.
DBS helps people to stay as independent as possible by helping to control their movement symptoms when their medications aren’t performing.
The Medtronic Neurostimulator with brain sensing technology means living a fuller life with Parkinson's is possible. You can improve your ability to do daily activities by up to 39%1-4, while reducing drug related complications by up to 61%2-4 with our DBS neurostimulators.
Discover DBS and Brainsense technology webinar - (65:18)
Discover DBS and Brainsense technology webinar with Dr. Alan Whone and Russel Mills
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DBS therapy has been approved to treat the movement symptoms of Parkinson’s: shaking, stiffness, and difficulty moving.5,6
Good movement control means no troubling symptoms like shaking, stiffness, and difficulty moving. DBS therapy can provide up to five additional hours of good movement control without dyskinesia per day, compared with medication alone.b,2
Improve your ability to do daily activities by up to 39%1-4 with our DBS therapy. Patients have reported improvements such as feeling better emotionally, feeling less embarrassed in public, moving about more easily, and having less physical discomfort.
As your Parkinson's condition progresses, the electrical stimulation of DBS therapy can be adjusted without further surgery.
The neurostimulator, featuring brain sensing technology captures and stores brain signals data directly from your implanted directional leads.c Signals can be recorded as therapeutic stimulation is being applied – inside and outside the clinic. Brain sensing technology may give your doctor real-world data showing DBS therapy in action. Using this data, your physician may adjust your settings – Personalising your treatment to suit your medication and activity levels.
Dr Whone, Consultant Neurologist - (04:31)
BrainSense™ technology allows recording of electrical impulses from the brain.
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Dr Alan Whone, Consultant Neurologist. Bristol Brain Centre, Southmead Hospital
a Number of unique patients implanted (i.e "new patients") as of January 2020
b Measured by the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) IV
c Signal may not be present or measurable in all patients
d NDHF1550-188790 Percept PC (model B35200) INS Dimensional Analysis Report, v2.0.
e In overall device volume.
f Refers to case thickness.
g When compared to the previous generation Activa™ PC device. When configured with equivalent settings and no sensing in use.
h Medtronic DBS systems are MR Conditional, which means they are safe for MRI scans only under certain conditions. If the conditions are not met, the MRI could cause tissue heating, especially at the implanted lead(s) in the brain, which may result in serious and permanent injury or death. Before having an MRI, always talk with the doctor who manages our DBS therapy to determine your eligibility and discuss potential benefits and risks of MRI. For further information, please call Medtronic at +44 (0) 1923 205101.