In 1998 Mark George and John Rush of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas tested the Cyberonics device on 30 severely depressed patients (including Sandoval) who had remained depressed for an average of ten years despite numerous drug treatments.
Some of Israel's most high-profile supporters in the US are conservative talk radio and television hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
The fear is that once the unprecedented capital controls - which are in place for an indefinite time - are lifted, the wealthiest will rush to move their deposits abroad, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Nicosia.