Kelly Carnahan is no stranger to medical procedures. For the past three years, 52-old Kelly Carnahan has been dealing with chronic back pain and has tried just about everything to get relief from her ...

A device that stimulates the spinal cord is giving patients who suffer from chronic pain, a chance to live a normal life again. Shelby Eddy is a young mom who lives for her three boys. She says, ...

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.

Ian Harris receives funding from research organisations unrelated to spinal cord stimulators. He was interviewed for the Four Corners episode referred to. Adrian C Traeger receives research funding ...

Medtronic’s recently approved spinal cord stimulator, Vanta, debuted at Duluth, Minn.-based Lakewalk Surgery Center, according to a July 29 Linkedin post. Chris Davies, MD, reportedly was the first to ...

Michel Roccati lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident in 2017, when he had a complete spinal cord injury. But today, equipped with an electrode device implanted on his spinal cord, ...

New research and technology suggest hope for those suffering from paralysis. Researchers rapidly restored motor function in three men with complete paralysis using an epidural electrical stimulation ...

A first-in-man pilot randomized study suggests that temporary spinal cord stimulation may reduce postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.

Temporary spinal cord stimulation (SCS) before and after cardiac surgery appears to lower the burden of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF), according to the results of a pilot study. The procedure ...

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 ...