Cala Health recently launched its kIQ system — which it calls the first noninvasive wearable device cleared by the FDA to temporarily relieve tremors in people with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.
Cala Health recently published a post-market study showing that its wrist-based wearable to treat essential tremor effectively reduced patients' tremor power with no loss of effect over time. Most patients involved in the study reported improvement in daily activities, such as eating, drinking, texting and writing.
In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability.
Cala Health, a company with a wearable device for essential tremor, recently raised $77 million in funding. It plans to expand to more indications and seek more coverage of its device with the funds.
The startup, which has a cleared device to reduce tremors using electrical stimulation, recently shared the results of a post-market analysis showing device use and efficacy.
Insightec, a company making an ultrasound device that can be used to treat essential tremor, raised $150 million. The company now has a post-money valuation of $1.3 billion.
The Israeli company's technology uses the power of focused ultrasound guided by MR imaging to target conditions like essential tremor, Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The Burlingame, California-based startup bills itself as a bioelectric medicine company that is using electric signals to stimulate the nervous system as a pathway to treat chronic disease.
The latest addition to Google’s lineup of consumer health products is a small San Francisco design firm with a creative solution to make daily life a little easier for seniors with essential tremor or Parkinson’s disease. Lift Labs designed a spoon with some fancy electronics in the handle. The handle senses the movement of a […]
While we all marveled over Medtronic’s latest DBS system, GE-held Insightec (based in Israel) has published results from a pilot study in the NEJM that may validate the Exablate Neuro, a device that combines focused ultrasound surgery with continuous MRI via a “helmet” transducer that shoots out ultrasound elements, stopping the tremors. It’s “noninvasive, incisionless […]