IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554929
Jim Banks
{"title":"TMS: Unlocking the Brain's Power to Transform Surgery-Free Mental Health.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554929","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554929","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-is already an established therapy for neurological conditions, including depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as being FDA-approved for smoking cessation. Its success in helping patients with treatment-resistant depression through the modulation of activity in specific areas of the brain has established TMS as a safe and effective therapy that could be used to target other areas of the brain and, therefore, treat a vast array of conditions with a neurological component. Trials are under way to assess its use in the treatment of chronic neurological pain, biploar disorder, epilepsy, cognitive decline and so much more. Jim Banks talks to leading researchers in the field to discuss the success of TMS so far, the challenges in designing clinical trials, and the huge scope for potential applications in the years ahead.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 2","pages":"4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554963
Tejas Padliya
{"title":"Zap the Pain, Skip the Pills With Hypersound: Noninvasive Chronic Pain Treatment With a New Spin on Radio Frequency Microwaves.","authors":"Tejas Padliya","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article introduces Hypersound Medical's innovative, noninvasive neuromodulation therapy leveraging advanced radio frequency (RF) microwave technology to manage chronic pain without surgical intervention or pharmaceuticals. Traditional pain management methods, including opioids, carry risks such as addiction and significant side effects, highlighting the urgent need for safer alternatives. Hypersound Medical addresses this by utilizing interferential RF microwaves, termed \"hypersound,\" which stimulate neural activity through nonthermal mechanisms involving electrostriction and piezo-sensitive ion channel activation. This targeted stimulation induces natural analgesic responses within the body, providing effective and precise pain relief. The article explores the technology's scientific principles, discusses its clinical and economic benefits, and positions it within the broader context of noninvasive pain management. Hypersound Medical's solution promises enhanced patient outcomes, reduced healthcare costs, and improved accessibility, significantly impacting global health by offering a nonaddictive, accessible pathway to chronic pain relief.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 2","pages":"22-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554977
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Revolutionizing an Imaging Technology for Groundbreaking Treatment.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554977","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Noninvasive ultrasound devices are in development to treat dementia, arthritis, chronic pain and other health conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 2","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144002695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554830
Eric Bohlen
{"title":"Single-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (sTMS) Technology: eNeura's SAVI Dual Device and Its Role in the Migraine Market.","authors":"Eric Bohlen","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2025.3554830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Migraine, a debilitating neurological disorder affecting over 1 billion people worldwide, has long challenged medical science due to its complex pathophysiology and variable treatment responses. Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (sTMS), a noninvasive central neuromodulation technique, has emerged as a promising therapeutic option. Developed by eNeura Inc., the SAVI Dual device leverages sTMS to provide both acute and preventive migraine relief by targeting hyperactive neural networks in the brain. This article explores the technical underpinnings of SAVI Dual, traces the history of clinical studies that shaped sTMS for neuromodulation, and evaluates its position within the evolving migraine market.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 2","pages":"35-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526484
Janet Rae-Dupree
{"title":"Feel the Precision: Next-Gen Robotic Surgery With Haptic Feedback.","authors":"Janet Rae-Dupree","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526484","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While robotic-assisted surgery has opened new frontiers for medical interventions, benefits haven't come without a cost. Surgeons have had to adapt to operating deep within a patient's body without a sense of touch. The technology to restore that sensation-haptic feedback-has been a research goal since robots were first introduced into the operating room. Intuitive Surgical in March 2024 announced that its new da Vinci 5 robotics platform would include integrated force feedback haptic technology-the first FDA-approved system to do so. Using it, surgeons can sense push and pull forces, feel tissue tension, and detect pressure from common tasks such as dissection, retraction, and suturing. But force feedback is only one part of haptics. Finer tactile sensations could open up new possibilities for robotic surgery. Researchers around the globe are developing promising approaches to provide tactile experiences, including at the University of California San Diego, where a team has developed a stretchable, conductive polymer that delivers low-current electrical signals to fingertips.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":"12-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526481
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Swallowable, Remote- Controlled Robot Tours the Stomach, Transmits Live Video.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526481","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A pill-sized remote-operated vehicle that takes and transmits live video of the inside of a person's stomach could be on the market as early as 2026.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526482
Bill Peine, Dan Stoyanov
{"title":"Industry Perspective: The Future of Surgical Robotics-Augmenting a Surgeon's Hands, Eyes, and Brain.","authors":"Bill Peine, Dan Stoyanov","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526482","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The future of health care is poised for a transformative shift. Driven by the evolution of surgical robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and an interconnected ecosystem, health practitioners will be empowered to make procedures more precise, predictable, and personalized. This article explores emerging technologies in surgery that augment a surgeon's hands (robotics), eyes (medical imaging), and brain (AI-driven ecosystems). In robotics, endoluminal approaches and telesurgery are revolutionizing minimally invasive techniques and expanding access to care globally. Advanced visualization using patient specific models and new imaging modalities are enhancing surgical navigation and giving practitioners the ability to see the unseen. AI and data-driven platforms are increasing precision, optimizing clinical workflows, and reducing complications. As we continue to push the boundaries of MedTech innovation, the growing synergy between these technologies will make procedures more safe, more efficient, and more accessible-ultimately redefining surgical standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":"8-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483
Jim Banks
{"title":"The Ghost in the Machine: Will AI Open the Door to Fully Autonomous Robotic Surgery?","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2025.3526483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We live in a world where robots can operate with a level of precision that is hard for humans to match, and robotic laparoscopic surgery has become familiar if not commonplace. Until now, surgical tools have always been firmly in the control of experienced human surgeons, but the advent of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) systems allows us to envisage a future in which technology does the thinking and the decision-making in increasingly complex procedures. Already, there are systems that are capable of suturing wounds in some instances, and AI is greatly efficiency and accuracy with which medical imagery is analyzed, so it is likely that AI will soon play a bigger role in determining clinical choices and performing surgical procedures. But many questions remain about whether fully autonomous robotic surgery is possible, necessary, desirable, and ethical. In this article, we examine how the role AI currently plays in robotic surgery, where it has potentially valuable applications, and how far it must progress to reach some level of autonomy, as well as exploring the ethical, practical, and regulatory factors that might keep AI in check.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"16 1","pages":"16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143544041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860
Robert T Tranquillo
{"title":"A Career Journey in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.","authors":"Robert T Tranquillo","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A career that spans the 37 years since \"tissue engineering\" was coined is chronicled, including selected research and translation highlights of the author in cardiovascular applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 4","pages":"6-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143542932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Shining a Light on Pacemaker Innovation.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2024.3478856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>University of Chicago researchers have developed an ultra-lightweight, paper-thin, catheter-delivered cardiac pacemaker. Tested on a live pig, the pacemaker successfully regulated the heartbeat via tiny pulses of light. The design permits adjustments to the pacing as well as location of heart stimulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"15 4","pages":"9-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143543106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}