Vagus nerve stimulation: A proven therapy for treatment of epilepsy strives to improve efficacy and expand applications

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4631-4634

  Terry Jr , Reese ^a  

^a Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT PATIENTS; CLOSED LOOPS; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MEDICAL DISORDER; SEIZURE DETECTION; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; VAGUS NERVE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

EID: 77951031572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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