Swedish electrode technology moves from lab to patients
Fractions of a millimetre can determine whether deep brain stimulation relieves symptoms or causes side effects. Now, after 20 years of research, scientists at Lund University are preparing to test Swedish-developed technology using ultra-thin electrodes in patients for the first time.
Twelve patients with Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor, a condition that causes involuntary shaking, are taking part in the first clinical trial of a new Swedish microelectrode technology.
The technology, known as High Definition Brain Stimulation, has been developed at Lund University and uses 30 flexible microelectrodes, each thinner than a human hair.
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