Trials of the World’s Smallest DBS Device

TRIALS OF THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DBS DEVICE

- Marios Politis -

Trials of the World’s Smallest DBS Device The miniature DBS device being trialled at North Bristol NHS Trust was developed by Bioinduction and is the first miniaturised electrical impulse generating pacemaker battery in the world. In terms of size, it’s approximately one-third the size of a standard DBS device.

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Key Differences

Assessing the First Case in the Trial

As well as being significantly smaller,

The trial’s first patient underwent DBS

the battery for the new device can be

surgery in November 2020 to implant

implanted directly into the patient’s

the miniature device. As a result of

skull rather than in a pocket beneath

the procedure, his symptoms have

the skin of the chest. This makes the

significantly improved: the dystonia he

battery invisible, cosmetically, and

was suffering has disappeared, he can

negates the need to have leads running

walk two miles or more, and has even

from the chest to the device and for the

been able to take up golf again. The

tunnelling of these wires under the skin

patient also reported having no pain

of the patient’s neck.

after the surgery and was able to go home the day following the procedure.

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