The first remote control of a DBS pacemaker (DBS) in Henan Province was recently successfully completed at the Functional Neurosurgery Neuromodulation Center in the outpatient building of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. This means that patients with implanted pacemakers will no longer need to visit a hospital. Instead, they can receive remote control treatment from their doctors via the internet, avoiding multiple trips to the hospital to adjust control parameters.
Implanting a brain pacemaker (DBS) can effectively improve the limb tremors, stiffness and motor function of Parkinson's patients. However, adjusting the control parameters requires patients to travel back and forth to the hospital multiple times, which is laborious and time-consuming. In addition, the patient's relatives need to accompany them during the adjustment. For patients from other places or remote areas, it is a huge financial and mental burden.
Remote control of the brain pacemaker is achieved through a cross-device that matches the patient's brain pacemaker to receive programmable instructions and send them to the pacemaker. At the same time, the cross-device is connected to the TV in the patient's home, and the TV display screen of the remote control center is connected to the TV display screen in the patient's home through video, so that the voltage, frequency, pulse width and other parameters of the patient's brain pacemaker can be adjusted.
(Patient programmable device - Chuanchuanbao)
Through 20 minutes of remote control, doctors in the hospital can adjust the brain pacemaker of patients far away to the most appropriate state, thereby improving the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, avoiding patients from running back and forth for treatment, and greatly reducing the transportation and time costs of patients traveling back and forth to the hospital for postoperative programming. Both doctors and patients can have a good experience.
Since 2016, the Department of Neurosurgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University has been using brain pacemakers to treat movement disorders, achieving remarkable results and receiving widespread acclaim from patients. Recently, the department introduced and established a remote control center. Using remote control software and high-definition video and voice interaction, the center allows for remote adjustment of pacemaker parameters, undoubtedly benefiting patients with movement disorders.
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Lu Weifeng
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
Neurosurgery
Male, Doctor of Medicine, Associate Chief Physician of Neurosurgery, Head of the Functional Neurosurgery Group at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, and Outpatient Director of the Functional Neurosurgery Neuromodulation Center. He is a visiting scholar at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, a member of the American Epilepsy Society, a member of the American Neuromodulation Society, and a member of the Henan Neurorestoration Society.
In March 2009, he participated in the project "Basic and Clinical Research on Microelectrode-Guided Stereotactic Treatment of Parkinson's Disease," winning the Zhengzhou Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize) and the Henan Provincial Science and Technology Achievement Award (Second Prize). He has published over ten papers.
In March 2015, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, studying and observing DBS (brain pacemaker) surgeries in functional neurosurgery, and received a training certificate from the University of Kentucky Brain Restoration Center.
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