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Epilepsy Devices, Diagnostics and Surgical Tools

• Cleveland Medical Devices - The Brain Monitoring Division of Cleveland Medical Devices focuses on the application of EEG technology in urgent care. The device alerts the emergency doctor to any abnormal electrical activity in the patient's brain.
• Compumedics, Inc. - a global organization in the development of diagnostic tools including EEG and neuroimaging.
• Cyberkinetics, Inc. - Offering the NeuroPort System, an FDA cleared medical device intended for temporary (< 30 days) recording and monitoring of brain electrical activity.
• Cyberonics, Inc. - Cyberonics offers Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy, a non-drug treatment option that offers a unique safety profile and mechanism of action. Approved for use in treatment-resistant epilepsy.
• Electrical Geodesics, Inc. - Offering a new generation of high-resolution EEG measurement and analysis systems.
• Integra LifeScience Corporation - Offering Rehabilicare, a worldwide leader in developing, surgical instruments, including cortical stimulators and mapping systems applied for epilepsy.
• MagStim Company - Providing diagnostic tools for seizures and epilepsy.
  
• Medtronic Intercept Epilepsy Control System - Direct brain stimulation therapy for patients with refractory epilepsy.
• NeuroPace, Inc. - An investigational device study of the RNS System, the company's responsive brain stimulation system for treating refractory epilepsy.
• NeuroPro Technologies - Offering diagnostic tools for brain monitoring
• NeuroVista, Inc. - Early stage medical device company developing new treatments for epilepsy.
• VSM Medtech, Ltd - Offering MEG diagnostic tool for epilepsy.

Epilepsy Support Organizations

• American Epilepsy Society - Promotes research and education for professionals dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of epilepsy.
• Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology: CIMIT - To improve patient care by bringing scientists, engineers, and clinicians together to catalyze development of innovative technology, emphasizing minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy.
• The Charlie Foundation - Established in 1994 in order to raise awareness about the ketogenic diet as a treatment for childhood epilepsy.
• CURE: Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy - nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a cure for epilepsy by raising funds for research and by increasing awareness of the prevalence and devastation of this disease.
• Epilepsy Foundation - national voluntary organization working to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; and to prevent, control and cure epilepsy through research, education, advocacy and services.
• Epilepsy Institute - non-profit social service organization, is dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with epilepsy and their families.
• Epilepsy Therapy Development Project - not-for-profit corporation dedicated to a singular focus: overcoming the funding gaps and roadblocks that slow the progress of new therapies from the lab to the patient.
• National Institute of Health NINDS - NINDS Epilepsy Information Pages.
• PACE: Parents Against Childhood Epilepsy, Inc. - A Research and Education Fund

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