Boston Scientific Brain Stimulator Programming Software OK’d

FDA has approved a Boston Scientific PMA for its latest image guided programming software, Vercise Neural Navigator with StimViewXT. The device is intended to provide clinicians in real-time the ability to visualize both lead placement and “stimulation modeling of the brain anatomy of their patients living with Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor,” according to the company. It allows patient-specific 3D visualization of the anatomy for clinicians to better personalize therapy, it says.

The programming software is designed to work with the Vercise Genus Deep Brain Stimulation system that delivers targeted electrical stimulation via surgically-implanted leads in the brain connected to an implantable pulse generators. Boston Scientific says a recent study shows that clinicians were able to adjust patient stimulation in an average of 20 minutes with the new visualization software, which is a 56% reduction in current programming time.