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Evaluating Brain Stimulation For Depression Sunday, June 29, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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St. Jude Medical, Inc. has announced the first patient implants in a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy will help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression. The patients, a 59-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, were implanted at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Chicago, with the St. Jude Medical Libra Deep Brain Stimulation System, an investigational device. (source: phx.corporate-ir.net)
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