Deep Brain Stimulation Solutions and Benefits

One key to achieving optimal outcomes with deep brain stimulation therapy is the ability to accurately identify and reach the precise target in the brain.  Whether using a stereotactic frame-based or image-guided approach, Medtronic’s market-leading pre-surgical planning and intra-operative navigation solutions enable the clinical team to achieve the precision required of this delicate procedure.

Together, Medtronic Navigation’s FrameLink™ and StealthMerge™ applications provide an elegant, integrated application solution to enable stereotactic frame-based or frameless approaches for deep brain stimulation:

• Advanced features enable efficiency and ease-of-use for pre-surgical planning:
  • Automatic grouping of data series by patient name
  • Multiple imaging modalities can be imported and an unlimited number of datasets merged
  • Automatic frame detection and registration in volume and slice modes
  • Plan Anywhere that provides ability to plan on MR and later use that plan with CT
  • Drag and drop surgical plans with surgical plan angle values
  • Schaltenbrand-Wahren Atlas and Talairach Grid for localization of anatomical structures

• Compatible with extensive frame-based and image-guided solutions
  • Supports all commonly used stereotactic frames
  • Customized for Nexframe^® System including trajectory alignment with Nexprobe™ Image-Guided Probe.
  • Only commercially available navigation system enabling microTargeting^® platform planning capability

For more information about Medtronic’s deep brain stimulation solutions, please contact us.