Caputron Medical releases a “mindGear” headset with FDA clearances for the treatment of depression, insomnia, and anxiety. Jennifer Higgins, vice president for US Sales says in a release: “MindGear represents a major advance in the wearable tech and digital health space. Portable, personal, and customizable, mindGear is both a consumer and medical neuromodulation device.”
MindGear is a small battery-powered device that connects to the head via hydroPod electrodes. MindGear is FDA cleared for indications spanning depression, insomnia, and anxiety with further clinical trials for new indications ongoing. Users dial in a customized therapy and relax through a painless session lasting about half an hour.
Robin Azzam adds: “Neuromodulation, also called electroceuticals, is the fastest growing area in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.”
Can this be perscribed by a doctor for use by paiets at home?
This is an interesting device. Is it similar to ECT treatments that flood the brain with neurotransmitters? With an increase in neurotransmitters we feel better. One question comes to mind how well with this device work if we continue doing the same things that caused the problem in the first place. I have worked in psych as an RN. One conclusion that came to and mentioned it to my coworkers was that depression is not a mental illness. It is a decrease in serotonin. With all the studies of how high levels of cortisol creates havoc on the body and eats up neurotransmitters like candy is this really the way to treat it. The connection between the gut and brain and nutrition has to be considered. Creating new devices without giving these other areas consideration is only masking the problem and not getting to the source of what is causing it.