Brainsgate Press Conf Dr Devlin
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Press conference presentation by Dr. Thomas Devlin, medical director of the Southeast Regional Stroke Center at Erlanger. Presentation highlights the technology used in a research trial using technology developed by BrainsGate.
Brainsgate Press Conf Dr Devlin
- 1. Where medical firsts happen FIRSTHigh Technology Stroke Update
- 2. Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke CenterHigh Technology Stroke UpdateAn Important Medical Research MilestoneErlangers 15-year commitment to StrokeTEAM APPROACHInternational Partnerships
- 3. 2006 American Heart Association Statistics In US: 750 thousandstrokes/year.# 3 Cause of Death, (#2 Worldwide,) # 1 Cause Adult Disability Occurs every 45 seconds & kills every 3 minutes. Society coast 2007 was $57.9 Billion.In TN: Some Counties around Hamilton death rates from stroke are300% the national average.
- 5. Pleiades Foundation(Non-profit)National Stroke Intervention Training CenterPleiades+Erlanger+UTCOMC
- 7. Current Stroke Treatment Options
- 8. The BrainsGate ISS Device
- 9. BrainsGate: The ISS Implant
- 10. Initial Results with the Brainsgate Device 99 Patients
- 11. 11 Sites in Germany, Hungary, India and Israel
- 13. Dr Peter Hunts Surgical Team at ErlangerMarch 6, 2009 1st US patient implanted.March 16, 2010 1st US patient implanted using the new GuideView System.
- 14. Brainsgate
- 16. March 16, 2010First GuideView Patient in the US 73 yo female.
- 17. HX: Hypertension and Hx of breast cancer and Adriamycincardiomyopathy.
- 18. Works full time in a yarn factory
- 19. Stroke witnessed at 9:30AM.
- 20. 911 -> Hamilton Med Center -> Erlanger Med Center.
- 21. Unable to speak, blind on right, weak on the right.
- 22. NIHSS = 15 initially.
- 23. Not candidate for t-PA or MERCI/Penumbra Rx.
- 39. In SummaryUnique Research Device that Extends Window to 24 hours.
- 40. Represents the Best High Tech Solutions from the International Research Community.
- 41. Analogous to other Chattanooga Programs
- 42. It is not an accident that these and other Firsts occur at Erlanger.Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke CenterHigh Technology Stroke UpdateQuestions
- 43. March 6, 2009First Brainsgate Patient in the US56yo female. Unremarkable PMH.
- 44. Went to bed at 8PM.
- 45. Found by her husband 6:30AM
- 46. In ER: Confused, Blind on the left, paralyzed on the left. NIHSS = 11.
- 47. Out of the Window for t-PA, MERCI, etc.
- 48. Etiology of stroke: Hypercoaguable state