Pending · due 31 Dec 2026
Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 1 Jan 2026 · owen-2029
Quote
“There will be three or more at-home depression treatment devices on the market by the end of 2026. We already have the Flow approval announced, and more is coming.”
Item 7 of the 2026 predictions list: at least three at-home depression treatment devices on the (US) market by end of 2026; Flow Neuroscience's approval is cited as already announced.
Intake
- EventA proposition written from a template on the asset, with a resolution criterion and a named public source, before the outcome is looked up. The same event resolves every person's items on it. Method ›
- Three or more at-home depression treatment devices on the US market
- AreaOne of five topic classes: regulatory decisions, clinical trial outcomes, company and market outcomes, payer and policy, practice adoption. Every event has one area. Method ›
- Company and market outcomes
- DeadlineThe date by which the event must happen for the item to be true. It comes only from the person's words through the anchor table. Method ›
- 31 Dec 2026 AnchorThe fixed table that turns the person's own words ('by 2026', 'Q2', 'within two years') into a deadline. The coder never invents a date. Method › · “by the end of 2026”
- Probability
- 0.90 LexiconThe fixed five-bin table that turns a phrase into a probability. The strongest phrase in the claim sentence decides; coders never read tone. Method › · binOne of five lexicon steps: A 'will' 0.90, B 'probably' 0.70, C 'may' 0.50, D 'unlikely' 0.30, E 'never' 0.10. A stated number goes to the nearest bin for calibration only. Method › A · “There will be three or more”
- Base rateThe probability a published external study gives an event of that class and stage, fixed at intake. Halved when the item window is shorter than the class median time to decision. Never learned from the ledger's own items. Method ›
- None in the table
- Tags
- affiliated, retrospective
- Coder BCohen's kappa: agreement between two coders beyond chance, from -1 to 1. Reported for admit, event, deadline, bin and asserts from the second-coder match test. Method ›
- admittedA statement that passed intake: sincere, the person's own claim, forward-looking, inside the five areas, and not excluded by a reason code. Only admitted statements become items. Method › · event E-0053 · deadline 31 Dec 2026 · bin A
Registry entry
By the period end, three or more distinct hardware devices with an FDA authorization naming a depressive disorder indication and home use are commercially available in the United States, per FDA device databases and sponsor availability announcements.
Resolved on FDA device authorization records and sponsor announcements only. Count the distinct hardware devices that, at the period end, (a) hold an FDA marketing authorization (510(k) clearance, De Novo grant or PMA approval, per the FDA 510(k), De Novo and PMA databases) whose indications for use name a depressive disorder (major depressive disorder or depression) and home use or use outside a clinical setting, and (b) are commercially available to patients in the United States per the sponsor's public announcement (press release or product website). TRUE if the count is three or more; FALSE otherwise. Devices marketed for depression without such an authorization, software-only products, and devices authorized only for in-clinic use do not count. If the FDA databases and sponsor announcements cannot establish the count 12 months after the deadline, the event is unresolvable.
Resolution source: FDA 510(k), De Novo and PMA databases (authorizations) with sponsor press releases (commercial availability)
Readings: 'On the market' is read as legally marketed in the United States: an FDA authorization naming depression and home use, plus commercial availability. The forecaster counts 'the Flow approval' as the first, so Flow counts if it is marketed by the period end.; 'At-home depression treatment devices' = hardware devices (the forecaster's example is a Flow headset) whose FDA indications for use name a depressive disorder and home use; the device type (tDCS, TMS, nerve stimulation, other) is not restricted; software-only digital therapeutics are not counted.; 'We already have the Flow approval announced, and more is coming' is context for the count, not a separate coded claim.
How to read
Coder A
Resolution
- Effective deadlineAn item enters the score only when its deadline has passed and the outcome is true or false. A claim already known true still waits for its deadline. Method ›
- 31 Dec 2026
- Outcome1 if the registry event happened on or before the item's deadline, 0 if it did not. Written by a resolver who never sees p. Method ›
- not occurred · checked through 13 Sep 2026
- Resolver note
- Count as of 2026-09-13 = 2, below the threshold of 3. (1) Flow FL-100 (tDCS): PMA P230024 approved 2025-12-08 for moderate-to-severe MDD in adults at home; US availability from 2026-09-01 per Flow and a 2026-09-08 launch report. (2) Neurolief Proliv Rx: PMA P250010 approved 2025-12-31, adjunctive MDD, for use at home or in clinic, prescription only; the sponsor reports availability through authorized prescribers and early commercial traction (counted). No third device: Cervella 510(k) K182311 (2019) names depression, but 21 CFR 882.5800 makes CES for depression class III with a PMA due by 2020-03-19, no Cervella PMA exists and its site says depression requires PMA; Alpha-Stim is US-cleared for anxiety, insomnia and pain only; Fisher Wallace has no FDA authorization (anxiety decision expected Q3 2026, depression 2027); Sooma is in an IDE pivotal trial; software-only products excluded.
- Evidence
- Premarket Approval (PMA) P230024: Flow FL-100 · 8 Dec 2025
- FDA Approves Flow Neuroscience At-Home Depression Treatment
- Flow Neuroscience Launches FDA-Approved At-Home tDCS Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder · 8 Sep 2026
- Premarket Approval (PMA) P250010: Proliv Rx System · 31 Dec 2025
- Neurolief receives FDA PMA Approval for First At-Home Brain Neuromodulation Therapy for Adults Whose Depression Was Not Adequately Improved by Antidepressants · 12 Jan 2026
- Neurolief Secures Additional $6 Million Investment Following FDA Approval of Proliv Rx · 30 Mar 2026
- 21 CFR 882.5800 - Cranial electrotherapy stimulator
- Clinician info : Cervella Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulator
- Alpha-Stim
- The Official Fisher Wallace Labs Site
How to read
Registry
Timeline
1 claim against 16 events in the field.
Company and market outcomes