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It is very exciting but the research is extremely preliminary.
Here's a summary of the study that the article cited.
http://www.grupio.com/events/session.php?id=392380&event_id=327&page4
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121203005516/en/BioControl-Medical%E2%80%99s-VNS-Technology-Shown-Effective-TreatingYEHUD, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioControl Medical has announced that the FitNeS™ implantable vagus nerve stimulation system for treating epilepsy, which employs the same platform technology used in the company’s CardioFit® system for treating congestive heart failure, has been shown effective in initial cases performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Data on five patient cases, which were presented by Prof. Bertil Rydenhag, Prof. Hans Silander, and Prof. Elinor Ben-Menachem at the American Epilepsy Society 2012 meeting in San Diego on December 1, have demonstrated improved clinical outcomes and an absence of side effects in patients who received treatment with the device.1
Here's a summary of the study that the article cited.
http://www.grupio.com/events/session.php?id=392380&event_id=327&page4