Brainsgate Press Conf Dr Devlin
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Where medical firsts happen FIRST
High Technology Stroke Update
Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke CenterHigh Technology Stroke Update
• An Important Medical Research Milestone– Erlanger’s 15-year commitment to Stroke– TEAM APPROACH– International Partnerships
2006 American Heart Association Statistics• In US: 750 thousand strokes/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
are 300% the national average.
Note: Data for the years 2000 to 2050 are middle-series projections of the population.Reference population: These data refer to the resident population.Source: US Census Bureau, Decennial Census Data and Population Projections.
Total Number of Persons Age 65 or Older, by Age Group, 1900 to 2050
Millions80
60
40
20
01900 1950 2000 2050
65 or older
85 or older
Projected
Pleiades Foundation (Non-profit)
National Stroke Intervention Training Center
Pleiades+Erlanger+UTCOMC
“Time is Brain”
Current Stroke Treatment Options
The BrainsGate ISS Device
BrainsGate: The ISS Implant
Initial Results with the Brainsgate Device
• 99 Patients• 11 Sites in Germany, Hungary, India and Israel
Exact Placement Required
Dr Peter Hunt’s Surgical Team at Erlanger
March 6, 2009 – 1st US patient implanted.
March 16, 2010 – 1st US patient implanted using the new GuideView System.
Brainsgate
Brainsgate Animation
March 16, 2010First GuideView Patient in the US
• 73 yo female.• HX: Hypertension and Hx of breast cancer and
Adriamycin cardiomyopathy.• Works full time in a yarn factory • Stroke witnessed at 9:30AM. • 911 -> Hamilton Med Center -> Erlanger Med Center. • Unable to speak, blind on right, weak on the right.• NIHSS = 15 initially.•Not candidate for t-PA or MERCI/Penumbra Rx.
Implantation videos
In Summary
•Unique Research Device that Extends Window to 24 hours. •Represents the Best High Tech Solutions from the International Research Community.•Analogous to other Chattanooga Programs – •It is not an accident that these and other Firsts occur at Erlanger.
Erlanger Southeast Regional Stroke CenterHigh Technology Stroke Update
Questions
March 6, 2009First Brainsgate Patient in the US
• 56 yo female. Unremarkable PMH.
• Went to bed at 8PM.
• Found by her husband 6:30AM
•In ER: Confused, Blind on the left, paralyzed on the left. NIHSS = 11.
•Out of the Window for t-PA, MERCI, etc.
•Etiology of stroke: Hypercoaguable state