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MicroTransponder Inc., an Austin-based medical device company, has secured $3.8 million in new capital as part of a $5.5 million funding round, with the money coming from a group of 18 investors.The company, led by CEO Frank McEachern and president and Chief Operating

It often starts off with a bang. Many a soldier, construction worker, concertgoer, or innocent passerby exposed to a loud noise walks away with the telltale symptom of tinnitus, a persistent ringing in the ears. The condition can also arise from other ear traumas, suc

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

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health are launching a clinical trial to test a device that uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing tinnitus, a persistent buzzing or ringing sound in

Millions of Americans suffer from a chronic ringing in the ears known as tinnitus. And for more than 10 million of them, the experience of hearing that sound is severe enough to seek medical attention.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas are hopeful a new

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