St. Jude Medical has announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the St. Jude Medical Invisible Trial System, which is a mobile-enabled discreet spinal cord stimulation (SCS) trial system.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Around 2 years ago, Chris Patterson fell off a ladder while responding to a call with the Knoxville Fire Department. He said Sedgwick, the third-party workman's compensation company ...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers carrying out a small pilot clinical trial demonstrating that a drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive ...

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 ...

Closed-loop sensing capability instantly and automatically adjusts therapy while treating chronic pain DUBLIN, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), a global leader in healthcare ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Burst stimulation yielded more positive results compared with tonic stimulation. No serious adverse events were ...

Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapies for chronic back and/or leg pain is superior to conventional medical management (CMM) for reduced pain intensity and functional disability, new research ...

Approximately 308,000 people in the United States live with spinal cord injury. Nearly all lose bladder control. And yet the ...

PROVIDENCE — The spinal cord acts a bit like a highway — a bridge conveying information from the brain outward through the body and back again, according to David Borton, an associate professor of ...