The DBS™ Solution: Revolutionizing a Therapy

In the past, any hospital that wanted to provide Activa^® Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy could expect to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment and specialized staff. The DBS™ Solution by Medtronic shifts the paradigm to facilitate faster, easier and more affordable access to the key enabling technology required to open and expand a DBS center, making the therapy more widely accessible to patients. 

By integrating all of the enabling technologies and high-level services for Activa^® DBS Therapy into one solution accessible on a fee-per-procedure basis, the benefits are numerous for everyone - hospitals, clinical care teams and patients:

• Always state of the art - facility bears no risk of technology obsolescence
• Access to technology only when you need it  - maximizes technology utilization
• Technology optimized for Activa^® DBS Therapy - increased flexibility in scheduling DBS cases
• Integrated solution - clinical care team achieves time savings and ease of use with simplified workflow
• Standardization of technology and procedure - best practices are leveraged and new indications can potentially be validated sooner
• One highly trained Medtronic professional - support and guidance for many aspects of the DBS practice through one Medtronic expert resource

The DBS™ Solution includes:

• StimPilot™ System: The world’s first integrated platform designed specifically for DBS. It enables pre-surgical planning and intra-operative target verification in one elegant and easy-to-use solution.
• Kinetra^® Neurostimulator and DBS™ Lead, Access^® Therapy Controller: As the system of choice for treatment of Parkinson’s disease, it’s designed to provide patients with optimal bilateral therapy.
• Activa^® DBS Therapy Consultant: Single-source expertise for all DBS practice and procedure requirements. One professional addresses business, training, technical and procedure guidance needs.
• StimPilot™ Single Procedure Kit: All pre-sterile single-procedure-use products for DBS, pre-packaged together in one kit. It provides the key to use of the StimPilot™ system.
• NEXFRAME^® System: Offers the precision of stereotactic frame with the advantage of image-guided surgery. It shortens and simplifies the DBS procedure and offers enhanced patient comfort.

For more information about The DBS™ Solution, please contact us.