Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Losing control of your movements due to Parkinson’s can leave you feeling like youre missing out on important parts of your relationships, or worse — like you’re losing part of yourself. By managing some of the movement symptoms of Parkinson’s, deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help you regain control again.

DBS uses a small pacemaker-like device, placed under the skin of the chest, to send electrical signals through extensions and very thin wires (leads) to an area in the brain that controls movement. To give you relief, these signals block some of the brain messages that cause the movement symptoms of Parkinson’s. Only our DBS neurostimulator with BrainSense™ technology[1]* can also capture and store brain signal data directly from your implanted SenSight™ directional leads. Using this data, your physician may adjust your sett...