January 10, 2024- Medtronic announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Percept™ RC Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system. The rechargeable neurostimulator is the latest innovation in the Medtronic Percept™ family, which includes the Percept™ PC neurostimulator, BrainSense™ technology, and SenSight™ directional leads.
The Percept™ family is the only sensing-enabled DBS system on the market, allowing the physician to personalize treatment for patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia as well as epilepsy. Over 11 million people in the U.S. are living with movement disorders and approximately 3.4 million with epilepsy.