Medtronic said its newly US FDA-approved Percept deep brain stimulation system will first be used at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Medtronic PLC announced on 25 June it received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Percept deep brain stimulation (DBS) system.
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