A spinal cord injury device with FDA approval is being used at a Pittsburgh-area rehab clinic: "The first piece of equipment we've been able to use to actually improve people’s function." ...

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 ...

A woman filed a lawsuit against Abbott alleging her Eterna spinal cord stimulator was improperly programmed and led to ...

Cammie Lavalle says that although she was told she wasn't a good candidate, multiple pain clinics tried to convince her to ...

A noninvasive spinal stimulation device safely improves upper-extremity function in people with a cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), results of a prospective nonsignificant risk trial suggest. The ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, such as following a spinal cord injury, has made great strides in recent years.

Spinal cord stimulators are linked to over 80,000 injuries, with lead migration and hematomas causing severe harm Spinal cord stimulator hematomas associated with spinal cord compression are 300% ...

The suits cite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Rainmondo in naming the FDA as a defendant. The lawsuits allege the devices should require pre-market approval ...

Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

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 ...