Boston Scientific STIMVIEW XT
Boston Scientific STIMVIEW XT amd Genus leads [Photo courtesy of Boston Scientific]
STIMVIEW XT: 3D brain image software, personalizing deep brain stimulation
Category: Health, Medical and Biotech
Subcategory: AI-Assisted Medicine
From the winners: “Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is designed to bring symptom relief to those suffering from movement disorders (e.g. Parkinson’s) by delivering targeted electrical stimulation to an area in the brain the size of an apple seed. Image software STIMVIEW XT uses a 3D patient-specific anatomy to enable clinicians to see, shape, and steer DBS therapy.”
“Every brain is different and unique. For Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to bring symptom relief, our clinicians target a small area (about the size of an apple seed) in a patient’s brain. Leads are implanted, which provide electric stimulation to reduce symptoms. Through our exclusive partnership with Brainlab, STIMVIEW XT has been engineered to unblind the patient’s own anatomy to reduce programming burden. It’s the first and only DBS visualization software that provides clinicians to see implanted leads and stimulation in a patient’s own segmented anatomy, to check on the effectiveness of the treatment delivering more programming efficiency.”
“STIMVIEW XT is designed to provide a more sophisticated image-guided programming solution that enables personalized DBS therapy. This advancement with STIMVIEW XT can help save time for the clinician as it could help avoid the trial and error in finding the precise location. Prolonged periods of time in adjusting stimulation settings can be stressful and tiring for patients. In a recent study, clinicians were able to adjust patient stimulation in an average of 20 minutes with the Boston Scientific visualization software — lowering programming time by 56 percent.”
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