Vivistim®

What's happier than a fist bump with 2️⃣ stroke survivors! #vivistimstrong💪 #InternationalDayofHappiness Learn more and review Vivistim safety information: https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7

Vivistim Therapy in Practice: Here's how you can help stroke survivors type again and regain independence with electronic communications. 🎯 Isolated digit movement during typing on a keyboard or a virtual keyboard on a screen. VNS Triggering (choose one or more): 🔹 When affected arm is actively engaged in the task 🔹 Stimulation at ~5 second intervals ⬆️ To Upgrade: Type the same sentence faster or type sentences with punctuation or more complex words ⬇️ To Downgrade: Use a keyboard or tablet instead of a smartphone For more ideas on designing Paired VNS Therapy tasks for your ischemic stroke survivors with chronic upper extremity limitations, and to review safety information, visit https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7

First in Kansas! 💪 Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan, KS is giving Jennifer M. hope. For the first time since surviving a stroke in 2020, Jennifer is regaining function in her left arm with Vivistim Paired VNS Therapy. Jason Wollenberg, OT, says “she elected to go through this surgery to have an implant that stimulates the vagus nerve, which is a nerve that goes directly to the brain, bypasses the spinal cord, and when that nerve is stimulated, it releases certain chemicals or neurotransmitters that allow what we normally do in therapy to be more effective.” To learn more about Vivistim and review safety information, visit https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

This blog is part 1 of a 3-part series transcription from a recorded webinar with Dr. Gerard Francisco of TIRR Memorial Hermann and Isha Vora, MS, OT R/L of MGH Institute of Health Professions. ✨ Blog Highlights ✨ 🟡 How Paired VNS™ Therapy can help improve motor function for chronic stroke patients who have moderate to severe upper extremity impairments. 🟡 Chronic stroke impairment 🟡 Rehabilitation after stroke 🟡 VNS Therapy 🟡 The Vivistim implant procedure 🟡 How Paired VNS Therapy helps increase neuroplasticity To read the blog and review safety information, visit https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

Celebrating his #vivistimvictory, Dave invited his Vivistim Therapy Team to see him in action at work. 💪 Vivistim Paried VNS Therapy helps ischemic stroke survivors regain function for everyday tasks at work, home and social gatherings. His team at AdventHealth implemented task-specific occupational therapy that focused on the skills Dave needed to perform his job. To learn more and review Vivistim safety information, visit https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

Stroke survivors are asked to prepare very specific goals when they begin Vivistim Therapy so that their therapist can develop task-specific activities that help them increase upper extremity function for those goals. 📹 Take a look here to see how therapists from Sanford Health designed therapy tasks to help Herman S. achieve his goal of cutting a steak again with Vivistim Therapy. Tap here to learn more and review safety information: https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

📣 NEWS ALERT 📣 With this funding we're transforming the stroke continuum of care by establishing Vivistim Therapy™ as the standard of care for chronic stroke recovery. 💪 "The MicroTransponder executive leadership team is building the company in a very thoughtful way to establish Vivistim Therapy™ as the standard of care for stroke survivors. We're excited by the combination of commercial excellence and the overwhelmingly positive clinical outcomes that show material improvements in stroke survivors' quality of life with Paired VNS™ Therapy." ~Casey Tansey, a USVP general partner and MicroTransponder board member. Tap here to view the press release in our news room and review safety information: https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7

John Mayer, PT, DPT NCS at Buffalo Rehab Group says the Vivistim device is helping to change the rules of what was previously possible for stroke survivors, noting the arm in particular can be very stubborn to regain function in. 📸: Dr. Kathy O’Leary, who survived a stroke in 2018, is doing Vivistim Therapy 3x a week for 6 weeks. Tap here to read the story and review Vivistim safety information: https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

From 1st to 50! Congratulations to AdventHealth and Orlando Neurosurgery for being our first partners to perform 50 Vivistim implants! 👏 From helping stroke survivors get back to work, enjoy outdoor activities like kayaking, shake hands again, and so many more meaningful activities of life, you're transforming lives in Orlando and beyond. “It gives someone who’s had a stroke a second chance at a good quality of life – something that’s very important in medicine. Vivistim focuses on allowing patients to regain their functional independence.” ~Dr. Ravi H. Gandhi, medical director of the AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute and partner at Orlando Neurosurgery To learn more and review safety information, visit https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7.

Six months after beginning Vivistim Therapy at @nchflorida, Susan M. reports dramatic improvements in the function of her affected hand and arm: 💪 Pick up a glass and drink from it 💪 Pick up utensils 💪 Cut her food 💪 Feed herself 💪 Raise her hands above her head 💪 Wash her face 💪 Brush her hair 💪 Play cards and shuffle the deck 💪 Put on a blouse Tap here to read Susan's stroke recovery journey in The Naples Press and review Vivistim safety information: https://qrcodes.pro/vbdPY7. #vivistimvictory