Medtronic has received FDA clearance for a new implantable pain management device that can be programmed wirelessly via a Samsung tablet. The Intellis system is designed to treat chronic pain by ...

How Medtronic spinal cord stimulation therapy helped one woman reclaim her life. For more than a decade, Lynnette lived in the shadow of debilitating pain. What began as persistent discomfort in her ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

The new labeling will include outcomes from a study showing “superior back pain relief” compared to conventional spinal cord stimulation, according to a March 17 news release. Eighty-four percent of ...

Preliminary research turns to a fully implantable system ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

KUTV — For patients suffering from chronic, severe back pain that hasn’t responded to traditional treatments, a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) may offer new hope. Dr. Jeff Pence, Interventional Spine ...

Patients are suing medical device makers for selling spinal cord stimulators to treat chronic back pain but allegedly triggered worsening pain and electric shocks. The complaints, however, will face a ...