A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures.

The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson’s daytime seizures by 80%.

Epilepsy seizures are triggered by abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain.
The device, which emits a constant pulse of current, aims to block or disrupt the abnormal signals.

His mother, Justine, told the BBC he was happier and had a “much better quality of life”.

Source: BBC

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