Nerve Location Articles & Analysis
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NeuroSigma, Inc., a bioelectronic medical device company, today announced that a team at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London received approval from the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to commence the largest trial of external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) ever conducted. The ...
The inflammatory environment irritates the basivertebral nerve (located within the vertebral body), which transmits pain signals to the central nervous system. The Intracept® Procedure, the only FDA-cleared treatment for chronic vertebrogenic low back pain, stops the transmission of pain signals from damaged vertebral endplates through ablation of the ...
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc. has announced an expansion of their intraoperative nerve care product line with the introduction of the NeuroShield Chitosan Nerve Wrap. The NeuroShield Wrap marks Checkpoint’s first product in a planned line of chitosan-based biological implants to support nerve healing. This addition complements Checkpoint ...
In the European Union, the Monarch eTNS System is approved as adjunctive therapy for drug resistant epilepsy and major depressive disorder, as well as monotherapy for ADHD, all in patients 7 years and older. The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve, offering a high-bandwidth pathway for signals to enter the brain, bilaterally and at high frequency. The ...
The new codes are K1016 (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for electrical stimulation of the trigeminal nerve) and K1017 (Monthly supplies for use of device coded at K1016). ...