(Financial Times-UK) Brainsway has pioneered a treatment for clinical depression known as "deep transcranial magnetic stimulation," using a helmet to aim magnetic fields at a patient's brain tissues. Unlike other treatments, such as drugs or electroconvulsive therapy, the patient suffers no major side effects or significant pain. "It's the first time in neuroscience we have a technology that non-invasively influences the deep structures of the brain," said Ronen Segal, vice-president of research and development at Brainsway. EarlySense makes sensors that can be placed under a mattress to allow doctors and nurses to monitor a patient's vital signs remotely. The company claims its sensors have so far saved the lives of 300 people and have reduced hospitalization days by 20,000. Israel is home to 700 medical device companies and has the most medical device patents per capita in the world.
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