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Empower your patients with drug-resistant epilepsy to live fuller lives and achieve their full potential.
VNS Therapy™ is a neuromodulation treatment designed for people with drug-resistant epilepsy 4 years of age and older with partial onset seizures. It can safely lead to fewer and shorter seizures and better recovery after seizures.
Empower your patients with drug-resistant epilepsy to live fuller lives and achieve their full potential
Resources & Support
Discover the resources you need to make the most of VNS Therapy, including product training, expert healthcare provider perspectives, practice support, and patient education
VNS Therapy™ for Pediatric Patients
Examine the efficacy, safety, and quality of life benefits VNS Therapy™ can offer your pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
VNS Therapy™ for Adult Patients
Explore the benefits VNS Therapy™ can offer your adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, including improvements in seizure control and quality of life
Real-Life Stories
Watch real-life testimonials about how VNS Therapy has provided life-changing seizure control for adult and pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
Understanding the treatment goals for DRE
Goals for patients with DRE include1:
Improving long-term seizure control
- Fewer, shorter, less severe seizures
- Improved postictal recovery
Minimizing treatment-related side effects
Ensuring treatment adherence
Maximizing quality of life
Effective management of DRE requires a proactive treatment strategy
VNS Therapy™ is a well established neuromodulation therapy in use for DRE patients and has been shown to offer quality-of-life benefits that can help patients overcome obstacles they face in everyday life.
VNS Therapy™ stimulates the vagus nerve, sending mild electrical pulses to the brain to help prevent seizures2
The latest generation of VNS Therapy™ is designed with seizure control as the focus, allowing you the ability to customize treatment to meet your patients' needs.
Unlike invasive brain surgeries, VNS Therapy™ involves a short outpatient procedure that usually takes 1 to 2 hours2
Treatment is delivered automatically, maximizing adherence for optimal seizure control2
VNS Therapy™ controls seizures in three ways
Preventative
Normal Mode
Helps prevent seizures by delivering treatment at regular intervals all day, every day2
Responsive
AutoStim Mode*
Helps stop or shorten a seizure by responding to a rapid increase in heart rate, a potential seizure biomarker2,3
*Only available in models 106, 1000, and 1000-D
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On-Demand
Magnet Mode
Helps stop or shorten a seizure once it starts by passing the included VNS Therapy Magnet over the generator2
Trust in 3 decades of real-world experience
VNS Therapy™ is built on a legacy that spans over 3 decades.
With over 1.5 million patient-years of treatment experience, it’s easy to see why so many physicians choose to treat DRE with VNS Therapy.
patient-years of experience4
Only DRE neurostimulation therapy indicated to treat children as young as 4 years old2
