New device may be able to detect future strokes

3:14 PM, Jan 3, 2013   |    comments
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They believe the device, currently just a prototype, will allow them to detect future strokes in patients who have recently experienced one and are thought vulnerable to another attack.

The device is fitted on to a patient's head and monitors their brain waves.

Its creators say it provides medical personnel with real-time information, allowing them to diagnose and treat high-risk patients in time to prevent or minimize potential brain damage.

Israel company neurokeeper says the device uses an algorithm to identify and locate the stroke. 

"Our device detects automatically a stroke event and alerts either in the home environment the patient himself or his family, or in the hospital environment the medical staff, of a potential ischemic attack and allows the patients to get to the hospital early and get treated early," Shay Bar-Haim, a neurokeeper, said.

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