Early British trials of a device that blocks pain with electrical pulses to treat sleep apnea have shown it to be a cheap and effective alternative to the conventional CPAP machine shown here. File ...

A new tool to model peripheral nerve stimulation rapidly discovered optimal electrical waveforms (white traces) which, when delivered through the metal contacts of a cuff electrode placed on the vagus ...

This article appeared in Electronic Design and has been published here with permission. Providing power to implanted medical devices is a major challenge. Obvious approaches such as using a ...

A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with ...

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Holidays can bring out the best of times, but they can also spike some of the worst. Depression and suicide cases rise during the holiday season. The Behavior Health Center at ...

LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) --A battery-powered device often utilized during childbirth that uses electrical impulses to block pain signals was found to improve breathing in patients with obstructive sleep ...