UK Boy Receives World’s First Epilepsy Device Implanted In Skull

Epileptic seizures result from abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain. In a world-first trial, a 12-year-old boy named Oran Knowlson from Somerset received a new epilepsy device implanted in his skull. The device, a neurostimulator, sends electrical signals to his brain, significantly reducing his daily seizures by 80%. Oran suffers from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, … Read more