Pacemaker for the brain

For the first time in Israel, surgeons at Israel’s Sourasky (Ichilov) medical center implanted a Medtronic Percept DBS pacemaker in an epileptic patient. It records brain activity in addition to performing electrical stimulation. Medtronic owns several Israeli companies and has an Israeli R&D center.

https://unitedwithisrael.org/first-epileptic-patient-in-israel-gets-innovative-pacemaker/

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