Daily Archives: September 9, 2008

New Deep Brain Stimulation Sensor Measures Chemical Levels in the Brain

September 9, 2008 – 8:46 pm

Updated 9/18/08
A Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) consortium of Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists and engineers developed a wireless sensor that can detect chemical activity in the brain. The new system, called a wireless instantaneous neurotransmitter concentration sensor (WINCS), is connected to an electrode that will be surgically implanted in the brain to provide real-time measurements of [...]

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Mayo Clinic Surgeons Propose Measures for Indicating Quality of Lung Surgery

September 9, 2008 – 5:15 pm

Even though 30,000 patients in the United States undergo lung surgery each year, no standard criteria exist to measure the quality of their care. In the current issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic surgeons have proposed a system of lung surgery quality indicators for surgeons and the public as a method to [...]

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