Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common chronic brain disorder often leading to disturbing and uncontrollable thoughts (obsession), which in turn leads to anxiety or discomfort in the person's behavior (compulsions). Reclaim DBS therapy, which received approval by the FDA based on Humanitarian Device Exemption in February 2009, is used to treat this disorder.


According to the FDA, this device may alleviate the symptoms to a certain extent but cannot cure OCD. The Humanitarian Device Exemption was based on the clinical study data in 26 patients who underwent DBS therapy for the treatment-resistant OCD, which treated 40% of symptoms for 12 months.

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by unpredictable seizures. DBS therapy is considered for epilepsy when the seizures cannot be controlled with medicines. In September 2010, Medtronic received CE approval for its Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for the partial onset of seizures in adults.

“In order to provide additional data to the FDA for its approval, the company conducted a five-year trial pivotal clinical study,” says Barath. The clinical study data was published in February 2015 seeking FDA approval to enter the US market. According to the CDC, in 2015, around 2.9 million people in the US had epilepsy. Epilepsy accounted for a 5% share of the global DBS market in 2015.

Technavio’s healthcare and life sciences analysts highlight the following three vendors as the top contributors to the global deep brain stimulation market:

Boston Scientific
Medtronic
St. Jude Medical
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