World first brain implant fitted in UK teenager to control epilepsy seizures

A UK teenager, Oran Knowlson, has become the first person globally to receive a brain implant designed to control seizures from severe epilepsy. The neurostimulator, placed under his skull, sends electrical signals deep into his brain, reducing his daytime seizures by 80%.

Oran, 13, who resides in Somerset, suffers from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe, treatment-resistant form of epilepsy that began when he was three. Prior to the implant, he experienced daily seizures, sometimes hundreds, often losing consciousness and requiring resuscitation, necessitating constant care due to the high risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).