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Sep 14, 2018

FDA clears deep transcranial magnetic stimulation device to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Promising approach to deliver personalized and non-invasive brain stimulation in clinical settings.


BrainsWay’s Brain Stimulation Device Receives FDA Approval to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (IEEE Spectrum):

In 2013, Jerusalem-based BrainsWay began marketing a new type of brain stimulation device that uses magnetic pulses to treat major depressive disorder.

Now, thanks to positive results in a study of 100 patients, the company has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the device for a second psychiatric condition—obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) …

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