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FineTech Medical Ltd is first to receive CE Mark for an Implanted Drop Foot Stimulator.
On 23rd November, 2004, FineTech Medical became the first company to receive the CE mark for an implanted dropped foot stimulator, the STIMuSTEP™ , to help people who have difficulty walking following a stroke.
The STIMuSTEP™ is an implanted two channel neuro-muscular stimulator that has been developed to correct the effect of a dropped foot following a stroke. Originally designed in conjunction with the University of Twente, Roessingh Research and Development and Medisch Spectrum Hospital in The Netherlands , FineTech Medical has, with assistance from Salisbury District Hospital , further developed this stimulator into a commercially available product.
The device consists of a small implant, an external controller, and a heel-strike sensor. The implant is based on FineTech Medical's well proven and reliable technology originally developed by the MRC Neurological Prosthesis Unit in London . The implant receives energy to stimulate the nerves through the skin from the lightweight controller worn over the site of the implant. The stimulation cycle is triggered by the sensor which is placed in the user's shoe.
The stimulator implant targets the two branches of the common peroneal nerve at the point where they split just below the knee. The deep branch controls the muscles that lift the foot (dorsiflex) and turn the foot inward (inversion), while the superficial branch affects the muscles that turn the foot outwards (eversion). The stimulation parameters for each branch can be set independently, thus allowing the clinician to customise the STIMuSTEP™ to give as natural a walking gait as possible.
Further product information can be found at www.finetech-medical.co.uk . Additional clinical information can be found at http://www.salisburyfes.com/STIMuSTEP for web page.htm .
FineTech Medical Limited 13 Tewin Court Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL7 1AU United Kingdom
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