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Fisher Wallace Laboratories, LLC, headquartered in New York City, is the manufacturer and distributor of the Fisher Wallace Stimulator, a wearable medical device. The company was founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Charles Avery Fisher, son of electronics pioneer Avery Fisher. In 2014, the company was ranked #983 on Inc. 5000’s list of fastest growing American companies.〔(Fisher Wallace Laboratories ) at Inc. magazine〕 The company’s primary product, the Fisher Wallace Stimulator, until 2007 known as the Liss Cranial Stimulator, has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration since 1991 to treat depression, insomnia, anxiety and chronic pain.〔(Petition for Reclassification of a Medical Device ), www.fda.gov〕〔Jessa Gamble, (New technologies are emerging that could radically reduce our need to sleep - if we can bear to use them ), Aeon Magazine〕 == History and overview== The device was invented by electrical engineers from MIT Saul and Bernard Liss in the 1980s.〔(Apparatus and method for relieving symptoms of multiple sclerosis ) patent at USPTO〕 Company cofounder, addictionologist Martin Wallace, discovered the Liss Cranial Stimulator in late 2001, when trying to cope with the deep depression which he suffered after spending eight hours trapped in a building during the September 11 attacks.〔Richard Gracer, (Using Cranio-Electrical Stimulation for Pain Control and Relaxation ), WomensRadio〕 He successfully treated his depression with the stimulator after other therapies failed.〔Delia von Neuschatz, (Fisher Wallace Stimulator ), New York Social Diary〕 Few years later Martin Wallace met a serial entrepreneur Charles Fisher and introduced him to the device. After Liss' death in 2006, Charles Fisher bought the patent and renamed the Fisher Wallace Stimulator.〔Joette Giovinco, (New device gaining widespread use to treat depression, insomnia ), FOX 13〕 The company has medical partnerships with Harvard Medical School,〔(Harvard Medical School Researcher Publishes Favorable Study on Fisher Wallace Cranial Stimulator ), PR Newswire〕 Columbia University Medical School,〔Melinda Beck, (Using Electricity, Magnets for Mental Illness ), Wall Street Journal〕 and Beth Israel Medical Center,〔Alla Katsnelson, (Hopeful Currents ), Psychology Today〕 among others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fisher Wallace Laboratories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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