February 22, 2024 – Essential Tremor Patient Shares Inspirational Story and more news…

Published: February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Essential Tremor Brain Targeting Workshop White Paper Now Available

Brain Targeting: Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Essential Tremor

In September 2023, the Foundation and Insightec hosted a workshop on brain targeting during focused ultrasound ablation of essential tremor.
The presentations, discussions, and action items have now been summarized in a white paper.

Clinical Review: Focused Ultrasound Brain Treatment Monitoring

Physicians use thermometry, the measure of temperature, to monitor the brain and the skull during focused ultrasound treatments.
This article reviews the most clinically applicable technical parameters of thermometry and should be of interest to clinical teams.

Meet Tom: Essential Tremor Patient Supports Foundation’s Efforts

Tom is a retired corporate executive who underwent focused ultrasound for his essential tremor in 2021.
After a successful treatment, he became a Foundation donor and joined the Board of Directors.

Read His Story

Now Accepting Applications for 2024 Summer Global Internships

The Foundation’s Global Internship Program enables students to conduct focused ultrasound research with esteemed mentors in the field.
Applications for this three-month research experience will be accepted through April 21.

Preclinical Research: Focused Ultrasound for Gene Therapy Delivery

Researchers are attempting to use focused ultrasound to help deliver anti-inflammatory stem cell exosomes to targeted regions of the brain.
Focused ultrasound–mediated exosome delivery could open significant new avenues for targeted gene therapy.

Company Profile: Openwater

Openwater is an innovative medtech start-up that was founded to integrate various technology fields toward a goal of curing disease.
We spoke with CEO and Foundation Council member Mary Lou Jepsen about how the company is revolutionizing open-access health innovation.

Focused Ultrasound Featured at International Meetings

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HistoSonics’s Histotripsy System Earns Spot in UK Market Access Program

The Edison system is one of only eight devices selected to participate in the UK’s newly created Innovative Devices Access Pathway (IDAP) Pilot Program.
The program is designed to accelerate the development of cost-effective medical devices and their integration into the UK market.

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Insightec and IMRIS Collaborate to Enable Technology Integration

The two companies have partnered to enable Insightec systems to seamlessly operate within IMRIS InVision™ Surgical Theaters.
The IMRIS system is the only intraoperative MRI in the world with a magnet that travels on a ceiling-mounted rail system, bringing it directly to the patient.

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Register for Today’s ISTU Webinar | Neuromodulation - A Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound Special Session | February 22 at 11:00 am Eastern

Apply Now Though April 1 | Foundation’s Access FUS Internship

Foundation Board Member Recognized | John Grisham Receives 2024 Outstanding Virginian Award

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Events

February 22-24, 2024 Asian Pacific Society for Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Surgery (APFUS) 2024, Seoul, Korea

February 28 - March 3, 2024 European Congress of Radiology (ECR2024) 2024, Vienna, Austria

March 1, 2024 Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound to the Brain 2024, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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“For 40 years, I'd been drinking coffee out of a sippy cup. I can use the china cups today with no tremor at all.”

‒ Tom Ryder, essential tremor patient and member, Focused Ultrasound Foundation Board of Directors

February 22, 2024 – Essential Tremor Patient Shares Inspirational Story and more news…

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