Deep Brain Stimulation

[MechE]

Does anyone know the price for a deep brain simulator? I'm giving a presentation on it for a graduate class and I couldn't find the price for the device anywhere on the internet.

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[modisrules]

I remembered the device costing about $20,000 from when I did my post-bacc research (03-04), but didn't know for sure, so I found an article you can use. The article says 12,000 pounds sterling, which is about the same.

See:
Emma McIntosh, MSc 1 *, Alastair Gray, PhD 1, Tipu Aziz, MD 2. (2003) Estimating the costs of surgical innovations: The case for subthalamic nucleus stimulation in the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. 18(9): 993 - 999.