--- title: MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment... description: Encora Therapeutics, a company founded by MIT students from the product-design class 2.009, received FDA 510(k) clearance for a wrist-worn device that reduces... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-class-project-turns-into-an-fda-cleared-treatment-for-tremors-tjjossrr4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors | daily.dev og:description: Encora Therapeutics, a company founded by MIT students from the product-design class 2.009, received FDA 510(k) clearance for a wrist-worn device that reduces... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-class-project-turns-into-an-fda-cleared-treatment-for-tremors-tjjossrr4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tjjOsSRr4.png og:image:alt: MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Encora Therapeutics, a company founded by MIT students from the product-design class 2.009, received FDA 510(k) clearance for a wrist-worn device that reduces essential tremor through mechanical vibration stimulation. The project began in 2017 as a classroom prototype demonstrated on a Parkinson's patient, evolved through MIT entrepreneurial programs, multiple clinical trials, and nearly a decade of hardware iteration before reaching FDA clearance this past February. Trials showed over 70 percent of patients experienced meaningful improvement, and the company is now building a sales force and pursuing insurance coverage while eyeing applications for Parkinson's and other neurological conditions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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