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Dallas-based MicroTransponder is looking to treat neurological conditions with its aired Vagus Nerve Stimulation, which is designed to help patients with tinnitus as well as stroke victims. The company, which has completed clinical studies, recently announced a $5.5

Minneapolis, Dec. 30, 2015 -- At just 52-years-old, Charles Madson suffered a stroke. In the year since, he's relearned to talk and walk, and now he has jumped at the chance to be part of medical trial at the University of Minnesota – a trial that is showing some surprising results.

The Prestigious American Heart Association Journal Stroke Has Published the Results of the Paired VNS Therapy for Stroke Patients With Reduced Upper Limb Mobility

DALLAS, TX--(Marketwired - December 10, 2015) - MicroTransponder, Inc., (www.microtransponder.com) a privately

 Dec. 9, 2015 -- MicroTransponder, Inc., (www.microtransponder.com) a privately-held medical device company, is pleased to announce that its successful stroke rehabilitation clinical trial has been published in the prestigious academic journal Stroke. The manuscript

A new study involving UT Dallas researchers shows that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) technology could helpimprove the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who suffer weakness and paralysis caused by strokes.

The study, published in the journal Stroke, marks the fir

Houston-based Microtransponder is using an implanted vagus-nerve simulator to turbocharge one of the brain’s most fundamental functions: learning. “What we’re doing with our VNS pairing therapy is trying to reorganize the brain,” says the company’s R&D director, Navzer

DALLAS, Texas – February 4, 2015 – MicroTransponder, Inc., (www.microtransponder.com) a privately-held medical device company is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 20-patient stroke trial using the Vivistim® System.  The results of this ground breaking

Stimulating nerve therapy can help heal physical damage from a stroke. 

(Inside Science TV) - About every 40 seconds, someone somewhere has a stroke. Every four minutes, someone dies from a stroke. They can strike anytime and affect anyone.

Now scientists at the Univers

New research and applications in biomedical engineering and breakthroughs in technology for the brain are resulting in devices and technology that translate to clinical solutions for those who suffer from neurological conditions.

Research is showing that just like a co