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Jacob, According to the Los Angeles Times Tuesday Aug.5th 1997, the DBS was approved by the FDA on Aug. 4,1997. Now you bring this up, what is left to approve? jjjane >Friends, > >I read in the paper (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) this morning that the sub - >thalamic stimulator is scheduled to go before the FDA NEXT MONTH. What does >this mean to us? Does it mean another year of waiting for the - and pardon my >French - bastards at the FDA to come to a consensus on this device. I don't >think so. The hardest work is over on this one! >Granted, my form of P.D. is so perfectly suited to this treatment (major >symptoms: bradykinesia, poor balance, and rigidity, i.e. little to no tremor) >that I can't help but be overly excited about the stimulator being brought >before the Food and Drug Administration. However, I think we can all take a >small amount of pride of accomplishemnt here. > >Jacob Drollinger