The Tranceducer™ (ARTG 343741) is a non-invasive medical device used in chronic pain management.
Where the cause of pain is known, a physical intervention may be possible. Where it is not, most approaches aim to manage pain rather than change it. Those approaches can be invasive (surgery), costly (ongoing therapy) or short-lived (drugs).
The Tranceducer™ and CognitiVR™ offer a different way to approach persistent pain, based on neuroplasticity. It is non-surgical, non-invasive and does not use drugs.
What makes our pain model different? We understand pain using Neuroplastic Theory. Neuroplasticity is the idea that our brains and nervous systems are capable of continuous change throughout our lives.
So if we took a picture of any one of our brains and nervous systems today, it would look a certain way. If we then took up the piano or running until we were good at it and took a picture then, we would find those parts of the brain devoted to piano or running were 'larger' and the brain's capacity to operate the fingers or the leg muscles would be 'stronger'.
Similarly if we took a picture of your brain before you had pain, it would look a certain way. After experiencing pain for a long time, the parts of the brain responsible for experiencing the pain both in the brain and in the body, would be bigger, more sensitive and more reactive. (Your brain and your body would become 'expert' in pain.) Conversely if you stopped running or playing the piano, the skill would disappear and the brain would return to it's prior state. The same would occur with pain. This opens up for us, the possibility of retraining the brain. This is where the Tranceducer™ fits in.
The Tranceducer™ is a medical device included in the ARTG (entry 343741). It allows a person to experience a real-time experience of the self and the 'mirror' self in an XR (Extended Reality) environment.
The Tranceducer™ and CognitiVR™ use XR as the setting in which the brain and body can be retrained.
The Tranceducer™ offers several advanced features:
