SetPoint System used for the first time in the Pacific Northwest, at OHSU in Portland

SetPoint Medical/SetPoint System

Oregon Health & Science University became the first health system in the Pacific Northwest to treat a rheumatoid arthritis patient with the SetPoint System, a vagus nerve device for the immune system. The release says the patient count so far is one. SetPoint says Oregon joins a growing list of US markets where patients can access the therapy.

• Site: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; one patient treated, per the release
• The device is FDA-approved for adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have not responded to or cannot tolerate biologic or targeted drugs
• SetPoint plans to evaluate the platform for multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease; no timelines given