Empower your patients with drug-resistant epilepsy to live fuller lives and achieve their full potential
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Resources & Support
Discover the resources you need to make the most of VNS Therapy, including product training, expert healthcare provider perspectives, practice support, and patient education
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VNS Therapy™ for Pediatric Patients
Examine the efficacy, safety, and quality of life benefits VNS Therapy™ can offer your pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
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VNS Therapy™ for Adult Patients
Explore the benefits VNS Therapy™ can offer your adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, including improvements in seizure control and quality of life
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Real-Life Stories
Watch real-life testimonials about how VNS Therapy has provided life-changing seizure control for adult and pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
Break the cycle of repeated anti-seizure medication (ASM) failures.
Understanding the treatment goals for DRE
Goals for patients with DRE include1:
![Improving long-term seizure control](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/e050d0d2-c356-4e06-8ecf-f1bad2ab8c6e/wave.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
Improving long-term seizure control
- Fewer, shorter, less severe seizures
- Improved postictal recovery
![Minimizing treatment-related side effects](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/cd02d480-ca27-4cb9-9bf2-5e5006e781be/Less-Severe-Seizures_1.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
Minimizing treatment-related side effects
![Ensuring treatment adherence](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/ac13a49b-01ae-4faa-85d8-57bad6656536/compliance.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
Ensuring treatment adherence
![Maximizing quality of life](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/edea29b2-8d10-42ea-a392-e90f923d3ac3/qol_1.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
Maximizing quality of life
Effective management of DRE requires a proactive treatment strategy
VNS Therapy™ is a well established neuromodulation therapy in use for DRE patients and has been shown to offer quality-of-life benefits that can help patients overcome obstacles they face in everyday life.
![VNS Therapy™ stimulates the vagus nerve, sending mild electrical pulses to the brain to help prevent seizures](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/e050d0d2-c356-4e06-8ecf-f1bad2ab8c6e/wave.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
VNS Therapy™ stimulates the vagus nerve, sending mild electrical pulses to the brain to help prevent seizures2
![Uses an implantable generator and lead and can be programmed to fit the needs of a patient's individualized treatment strategy](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/3a3cf89b-50ba-4e7e-85fd-2d0e969643de/person.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
The latest generation of VNS Therapy™ is designed with seizure control as the focus, allowing you the ability to customize treatment to meet your patients' needs.
![Unlike invasive brain surgeries, VNS Therapy™ involves a short outpatient procedure that usually takes 1 to 2 hours](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/7537fb35-fa05-465b-8593-ad85a0fd59e8/time.webp?width=100&height=98&ext=.webp)
Unlike invasive brain surgeries, VNS Therapy™ involves a short outpatient procedure that usually takes 1 to 2 hours2
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Treatment is delivered automatically, maximizing adherence for optimal seizure control2
VNS Therapy™ controls seizures in three ways
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Preventative
Normal Mode
Helps prevent seizures by delivering treatment at regular intervals all day, every day2
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Responsive
AutoStim Mode*
Helps stop or shorten a seizure by responding to a rapid increase in heart rate, a potential seizure biomarker2,3
*Only available in models 106, 1000, and 1000-D
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On-Demand
Magnet Mode
Helps stop or shorten a seizure once it starts by passing the included VNS Therapy Magnet over the generator2
VNS Therapy™ in action
Trust in 3 decades of real-world experience
VNS Therapy™ is built on a legacy that spans over 3 decades.
With over 1.5 million patient-years of treatment experience, it’s easy to see why so many physicians choose to treat DRE with VNS Therapy.
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patient-years of experience4
![Only DRE neurostimulation therapy indicated to treat children as young as 4 years old](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/8353d26b-be50-4513-8d01-33e0a4708777/4Years_Icon_1.png?width=100&height=100&ext=.png)
Only DRE neurostimulation therapy indicated to treat children as young as 4 years old2
![135,000+ patients treated, including 40,000 children4](https://www.livanova.com/epilepsy-vnstherapy/getmedia/37d0ffed-21ef-430f-bd78-5bde72d16515/135000_Icon_2.png?width=100&height=100&ext=.png)
135,000+ patients treated, including 40,000 children4
75% of patients chose to replace their device at the end of service5
Epilepsy (US) – The VNS Therapy System is indicated for use as an adjunctive therapy in reducing thefrequency of seizures in patients 4 years of age and older with partial onset seizures that are refractory to antiepileptic medications.
VNS Therapy™ Safety Profile
Shortness of breath
Sore throat
Coughing
References: 1. Boon P, Ryvlin P, Wheless JW, et al. European Neurological Review. 2015;10(2):171-175. 2. VNS Therapy System Epilepsy Physician’s Manual (US), September 2023, LivaNova USA, Inc. Houston, TX. 3. Fisher RS, Afra P, Macken M, et al. Neuromodulation. 2016;19:188-195. 4. Data on file, LivaNova USA, Inc., Houston, TX. 5. Data on file, LivaNova USA, Inc., Houston, TX. 2021.