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The °AirRay Cortical Electrode is CorTec’s first medical device to receive market clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA for invasive neuromonitoring in the central nervous system. It can now be used as a diagnostic aid, for example before brain surgery. “For us as a company, the market clearance of our …
The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) proclaimed today to be the 1st World Brain Day. Thus, the association wants to emphasize the importance of prevention and also the necessity for ongoing research towards better treatment of neurological diseases. CorTec supports research and therapy in the neurological field with a new generation of technological devices. The …
The carotid bodies are small glands sitting in the bifurcation of the carotid arteries (which run along both sides of the neck and supply the brain with blood). It has long been known that the carotid bodies contain chemoreceptor cells. These sensors analyze the blood (including the concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, glucose and …
CorTec is part of an international clinical study that will enable severely paralyzed people to communicate again – with the help of an implantable brain-computer interface. It is a vision that has been at the core of CorTec’s DNA since its inception more than 10 years ago by now: Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) that enable severely …
Speak your mind! – Pilot clinical study with severely paralyzed patients Read More »
For a project recently accepted for funding by the NIH, CorTec will supply novel electrodes to help people regain sensation from missing limbs. Losing a limb not only severely impairs our motor abilities, but also significantly impairs our level of independence. While prostheses can help to regain mobility, one of their biggest shortcomings is …
When electrically stimulating a nerve to modulate a specific body function for treating a disease, it is essential to know exactly what you are doing. Peripheral nerves typically are heterogeneous bundles of fiber groups (fascicles) that can carry a variety of functionally different signals from or to different body parts. To evoke a specific response, …
Looking Inside of Nerves – a New Tool for Bioelectronic Medicine Read More »
To make your research easier, we are constantly working on our products and our technology. But how to implant a Spiral Cuff in particular? Here we provide the ultimate How-To-Guide for your next application. Learn more about the various °AirRay Cuff Electrode Designs. Download the Guide “How to Handle a Spiral Cuff” here …
Delivering electrical currents to nerves can not only serve to stimulate them, by inducing action potentials that are carried along the nerve and finally activate the end organ (e.g., a muscle). Certain stimulation patterns can also suppress nerve activity, leading to an inhibitory effect on the respective end organs. This is of specific interest for …
CorTec’s cuff electrodes have proven extremely helpful as interfaces for electrically interacting with the peripheral nervous system. The range of possible applications is vast. Cuff sizes, shapes and contact arrangements can be tailored to the specific target nerves, and the electrodes can both, stimulate and record. Nerve stimulation is often used for activating muscles, e.g. …
A software tool for optimizing peripheral motor stimulation Read More »