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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

A federal agency has awarded a four-year grant that could result in funding of up to $6.4 million to the Texas Biomedical Device Center at UT Dallas to study a potential new therapy for individuals who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).

The Defe

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

New techniques and devices developed in North Texas are pushing us closer to a future where doctors can reprogram damaged nerves and wiretap our brains.

Dallas is becoming the epicenter for a new wave of biomedical devices. Drug-loading fibers, biologically-adaptive tr

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

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