Saturday, February 16, 2013

A remote-controlled device to stop severe headache pain


Most sufferers of brutal migraine and cluster headaches are all too familiar with the warning signs of an approaching attack, but a California biotech company says it has created a device that can potentially stop the crippling pain as easily as flicking a switch.

Developed by Autonomic Technologies Inc., the therapy has successfully completed a trial of its technology on European patients with cluster headaches, also known as “suicide” headaches, the Redwood City, Calif., company said Tuesday.

The same device is being trialed for use on migraine headache patients in Europe, and the company plans to offer it for patients suffering from cluster and migraine headaches in the United States, too.




This device is implanted under the cheek of a headache patient. A remote control held by the patient can trigger a slight electric charge to stop a cluster or migraine headache.

http://news.yahoo.com/a-remote-controlled-device-to-stop-severe-headache-pain-181739418.html

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