Vercise DBS System Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms Over One Year, Trial Reports

Deep brain stimulation with Boston Scientific’s Vercise system led to sustained “on” periods without troublesome dyskinesia and improvements in both motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease for at least one year, updated findings from the INTREPID trial show. Use of the Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation system in…

#AAN2018 — Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Motor Control in Parkinson’s Patients, Trial Shows

People with Parkinson’s disease show better motor control, longer “on” periods, and an improved quality of life when treated with a recently approved deep brain stimulation system, one-year results from a clinical trial show. The research, “INTREPID: A Prospective, Double Blinded, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation with…

FDA OKs Boston Scientific’s Brain Stimulation System for Parkinson’s Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Boston Scientific’s Vercise Deep Brain Stimulation system to help Parkinson’s patients control their movement. Europe and Australia have already approved the system — the first to target specific nerve cells in the brain. It does this by stimulating electrodes that surgeons…