Depression Targeted with Neurodevices Not Drugs
From this month's Neurotech Insights investment newsletter focused on the depression market: While drugs to treat depression have proven effective for millions of individuals there exist a significant...
View ArticleImplanting Hope with Neurodevices
Boston-based Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems continues to make headlines with it's cutting edge work on neural implants. In a study published in the journal Nature this week, the researchers...
View ArticleGerman Momentum in Neuroelectronic Systems Grows
The Peter Osypka Foundation has endowed an assistant professorship in the field of “Neuroelectronic Systems” which will be in the Department of Neurosurgery. As far as my sources know, Freiburg...
View ArticleNeurodevice Market Trends Webcast this Wednesday
Take 10 minutes and join me as I give an overview of the neurodevice marketplace and the trends that are driving the exceptional growth in this $3.4B sector. The Medtech Marketplace in 2007 webcast,...
View ArticleOptical Brain Prosthetics
Scientists at the MIT Media Lab have invented a way to reversibly silence brain cells using pulses of yellow light, offering the prospect of controlling the haywire neuron activity that occurs in...
View ArticleNeurotech for Stroke Seminar Tuesday at MIT's McGovern Institute
Join moderators Charles Jennings and Steven Schachter tomorrow for a two hour neurotech workshop at MIT. The first hour will be led by MIT's Emilio Bizzi who will discuss the neural control of movement...
View ArticleConsciousness Restored to Man After Six Years with Deep Brain Stimulation!
This is an incredible story of hope reported in Nature this week which describes how neuroscientists implanted electrodes in the brain of a 38-year-old man who had been in a minimally conscious state...
View ArticleNeurotech Reports 7th Neurotech Leaders Forum, Oct 25-26
Now in its seventh year, Jim Cavuoto is hosting the annual Neurotech Leaders Forum Conference on October 25-26 at the Radisson Hotel, Newport Beach, CA. This two-day conference offers an exclusive...
View ArticleNeural Prosthetics Algorithm Advance
MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated. The technique,...
View ArticleNeurodevice Sector to See A Flowering of Startups
Check out the cover story of Medical Product Outsourcing magazine in December for an extensive article on the neurodevice sector titled Brain Power. Among the topics covered are the Neurotech Industry...
View ArticleNINDS Cooperative Program in Translational Research Update
I spoke with Joe Pancrazio yesterday who brought me up to speed on the the NINDS Cooperative Program in Translational Research. The program is intended to catalyze the development of partnerships...
View ArticleThe Neurodevice Revolution Continues Unabated
The NYTimes reports in Monkey's Control A Mechanical Arm with Their Thoughts that two monkeys learned how to feed themselves with the use of robotic arms, which were attached to electrical sensors in...
View ArticleBrain Stimulant - New Neurotech Blog
Check out Brain Stimulant a new blog covering neurodevices, cognitive enhancement, artificial intelligence and even happiness....
View ArticleWebcast of Entire Neural Interface Conference in June
If you missed the 38th Neural Interface Conference in Ohio last month, you can see all the presentations via webcast here. The general structure of the conference focuses on the DBS for day one; day...
View ArticleNeurosurgical Procedures for Download
Just discovered this site which aggregates videos of surgical procedures including a seventeen neurosurgical procedures. So if you are interested in watching a microneurosurgical microvascular...
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