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ATI Neurostimulation system
Electronic Aspirin
Presentation by Sarah Borges
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ATI Neurostimulation System

• Known commonly as Electronic aspirin
• Only one company developing this device- ATI
• Consists of 2 separate pieces
• Remote control
• Implantable device
• Designed to treat cluster headaches

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Cluster headaches

• Also known as suicide headaches
• Condition of severe unilateral temporal/orbital
  pain
• Headaches last 15 min-3 hours
• Symptoms include
• Watery eyes
• Droopy eyelid
• Nasal congestion
• Localized swelling
• Associated with the SPG (sphenopalatine ganglion)
  bundle
• Affects 0.2 of United States population

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Other Treatment Methods

• Oxygen treatment with a tank
• Cumbersome
• Oral medication
• Run the risk of an allergic reaction
• Sphenopalatine ablation
• Killing local SPG area via heat
• Last resort can lead to partial facial paralysis

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ATI System Design

• Two separate parts
• Device
• Almond-sized
• 2 terminals
• Remote control
• Hand-held, rechargeable
• Upon onset of headache, patient places remote to
  device, sending electrical signal to device
• Device stimulates SPG bundle in a way that
  prevents the release of pain-related
  neurotransmitters

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implantation procedure

• Surgery is about as extensive as removal of
  wisdom teeth
• 1-3 hours in length
• Device is implanted on the side of the head
  patient experiences headaches more within gum
  tissue, below eye

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Current results

• System still in clinical trial phase
• Currently testing device on 120 patients since
• Will continue monitoring patients for one year
• Preliminary results
• 75 patients have recorded improvement in their
  ability to function normally in their daily lives
• 68 report experiencing less severe headaches
• 31 report a decrease in the amount of headaches
  they have weekly

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Benefit of ati system over other treatments

• Less bulky/more conspicuous than an O2 tank
• Does not risk patient having an allergic reaction
  or conflicting prescriptions for other health
  implications
• Unlike ablation, ATI system has temporary effects
• ATI system can be removed if need be

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Foreseen disadvantages

• More difficult to stop treatment than O2
  tank/oral medications need surgery to remove
• Can only treat one side of head
• Have to remember to charge remote control and
  bring everywhere
• Electronic device has the potential to
  malfunction
• Only treatment for patients of cluster headaches

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Future direction

• FDA approval
• Design to make available to patients suffering
  from migraines, tension headaches, and other
  types of facial pain due to other conditions they
  may have

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references

• Bahra, Anish, et al. "Cluster Headache A
  Prospective Clinical Study with Diagnostic
  Implications." Neurology58.3 (2012)
  354-61. Neurology. Web. 2 Nov. 2014
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation for the
  Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headachelthttp//clin
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• results/NCT02168764?termautonomictechnologiesgt
  
• Electronic Aspirin lthttp//www.bibalex.org/psc/en/
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• Wikipedia Cluster Headache lthttp//en.wikipedia.o
  rg/wiki
• /Cluster_headachegt
• Zapping the Sphenopalatine Ganglion
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  phenopalatine-ganglion/
• "News Europe Neurostimulation Gingival Implant
  Helps Reduce Cluster Headache." RSS. Dental
  Tribune International, 6 Mar. 2014. Web. 12 Nov.
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• Hanna, M. "Migraine Headaches, Tension Headaches,
  and Cluster Headaches." Dr. M. Hanna, n.d. Web.
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