Researchers in Germany develop a neurostimulation implant that lowered blood pressure by as much as 40% in pre-clinical studies.
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Researchers in Germany have developed a neurostimulation implant shown to reduce blood pressure in rats by as much as 40% without any major side effects.
First results from their work, published today in the Journal of Neural Engineering, uses 24 electrodes in a micro-machined cuff that's then wrapped around the vagus nerve, which runs from the brain to major organs in the thorax and abdomen.
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