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VNS Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy
VNS Therapy delivers stimulation via a device implanted just under the skin in the left chest area. The pacemaker-like device sends mild, intermittent electrical impulses through a lead to the left vagus nerve, which then sends signals to the brain.1 Each device is programmed for the individual patient, and the patient or a caregiver has the ability to initiate or abort stimulation with the use of a hand-held magnet.
1. Physician’s Manual, VNS Therapy Pulse Model 102 Generator. Cyberonics, Inc.; June 2002.
