World first epilepsy device fitted in UK boy’s skull

Not the world’s first neurostimulator for treating epilepsy by a mile, the early specific ones latched to a large external nerves in the neck or the brain stem e.g. VNS implants, and cranial implants e.g. RNS implants have been also available for over a decade [https://www.epilepsy.com/stories/what-responsive-neurostimulation](https://www.epilepsy.com/stories/what-responsive-neurostimulation) and deep brain stimulation implants have been on the market since the 80’s [https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21088-deep-brain-stimulation](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21088-deep-brain-stimulation)

It’s not the world first surgery for implanting the PICOSTIM device itself either, that was in 2021 [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bioinduction-announces-the-worlds-first-successful-implantations-of-picostim-a-novel-less-invasive-self-contained-cranialized-brain-pacemaker-for-parkinsons-disease-301322403.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bioinduction-announces-the-worlds-first-successful-implantations-of-picostim-a-novel-less-invasive-self-contained-cranialized-brain-pacemaker-for-parkinsons-disease-301322403.html) however to treat Parkinsons.

So it looks like this possibly was the first time this specific device have been used to treaty epilepsy caused by a specific syndrome (as there is prior research for the efficacy of treating LGS with DBS implants that predates the surgery).

What’s going on with the BBC lately….