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Every year, the month of August is nationally recognized as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Awareness Month. This month-long awareness campaign serves as an important time to demonstrate support and help promote awareness for this rare disease affecting lives across the world. ...
In addition, the clinical improvement was associated with positive impact upon blood biomarkers (e.g. a decrease in muscle atrophy biomarkers and a normalization of metabolic biomarkers). ...
Amputees can suffer greatly with less movement, leading to more muscle atrophy, greater deconditioning, and reduced joint range of motion. ...
Applying non-invasive electrical stimulation to the expiratory abdominal muscles may reduce abdominal muscle atrophy and markedly reduce the number of days adult patients require mechanical ventilation – a potentially important finding for weaning ventilated patients, including seriously ill COVID-19 patients, and improving patient ...
The VentFree stimulator applies proprietary non-invasive electrical stimulation to the abdominal muscles during exhalation. VentFree is intended to prevent abdominal muscle atrophy and reduce ventilation duration in mechanically ventilated patients. ...
It’s designed to prevent abdominal muscle atrophy and reduce the time to wean patients from mechanical ventilation. ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the company’s VentFree muscle stimulator. The proposed indication for the device is preventing breathing muscle atrophy and reducing the number of days of ventilator support in adults who require mechanical ventilation. ...