Spinal cord stimulators are mainly used to treat chronic back pain, especially when other less invasive treatments have not worked. They also aim to reduce people's reliance on risky pain medicines.

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 ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its spinal cord stimulation (SCS) devices for the treatment of ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (05/08/2025) — Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have developed a new approach to better understand and more accurately program spinal cord stimulators — ...

Christopher Maher holds a research fellowship funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Caitlin Jones does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...