The United States developed the first therapeutic balance barrier implant device

Release date: 2010-10-27

On October 21, a patient at the University of Washington Medical Center became the world's first patient with Meniere's disease who was treated with implants to stop the onset of vertigo.
The clinician at the University of Washington School of Medicine, which developed the implant, hopes that if 10 patients with Meniere's disease are successfully tested, the device can be used to treat other common balance disorders, and millions of people around the world are suffering from the disease. Torture.
In the United States, Meniere's disease affects less than one percent of people's lives. Most of the disease occurs in 30 to 50 people, but can attack anyone. Patients often have one ear affected, and approximately 30% of patients have affected both ears. Many patients respond to first-line treatments, changes in diet and activity. When these therapies do not reduce the rate of seizures, surgery is often an effective option, but it is usually destructive. In essence, it is to sacrifice the function of the ear to stop the vertigo.
Phillips and Rubinstein's goal is to use their implanted devices to restore the natural balance of the patient's episode, with the hearing and residual balance function intact.
The patient wears the processor behind the affected ear and activates at the time of the attack. The processor accepts a wireless signal from the implanted device that is implanted directly under the tibia and sends electrical pulses through three electrodes that are inserted into the inner ear bone.
The National Institutes of Health funded the development of the equipment and conducted preliminary tests at the National Primate Research Center in Washington. These promising trial results prompted the US Food and Drug Administration to approve and recommend surgical implants in June. Shortly thereafter. Received support from Western Review Board agencies for limited human trials

Source: Frontier Medical Information Network

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