Health Optimisation Devices

When chronic heart failure symptoms make it impossible to get the exercise and nutrition you need, the device that’s right for you could change everything. Health Optimisation devices deliver the power of high-tech pre-therapies and then stimulate your body’s own self-healing and self-regulating mechanisms. Learn more:bodybud.co.uk

Optimizer Smart and its successor, the Optimizer Smart Mini, are FDA-approved and deliver Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) therapy. CCM therapy delivers precisely timed electrical pulses to the heart muscle during the heart’s absolute refractory period, increasing the strength of the heart’s contractions and delivering more blood and oxygen to the body. Studies have shown CCM therapy can improve the 6-minute hall walk distance, quality of life, and functional status in NYHA class III heart failure patients who remain symptomatic despite guideline-directed medical treatment and are not candidates for traditional CRT therapy.

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The implant procedure doesn’t involve open-heart surgery and most patients can return home shortly after the implant is complete. The implant is placed in a small pocket under the skin of your upper chest, along with commercially available pacemaker leads that connect to your heart. The device is programmed and activated by your physician while you are under light sedation. It is powered by an external battery that’s expected to last 20 years or more.