A Kentucky woman is suing Medtronic and the FDA alleging that the devicemaker’s spinal cord stimulator made her pain worse and that the agency didn’t diligently review updates to the implant. Angela ...

Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger - able to stand and walk more easily - when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord. On Wednesday ...

Another company, Saluda Medical, already has FDA approval for a similar spinal-cord implant. Still ... thinnest fully implantable” spinal-cord stimulator, Medtronic said. The product arrives ...

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WGN) — There has been an extraordinary step forward in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. For the patients who come through the door of the Next Steps clinic in ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries. Next Steps Chicago in Willow Springs is a non-profit ...

Kelly Thomas learned to walk again after doctors attached an electrical patch to her spinal cord. Combined with months of intense rehabilitation therapy, the new tech has allowed Kelly to defy ...

Patients implanted with a spinal cord simulation system reported less ... 11 individuals had received the SCS implant and eight were available for analysis at a follow up of approximately 8 ...

In other species, the spinal cord is very sophisticated ... even when the stimulator is switched off. More extraordinarily, the first time it was switched on, the implant allowed Kent to do ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

The university said on Friday that the motor function score for two patients improved after an operation to implant more than two million iPS-derived cells into a spinal cord.

From breaking news to special features, we're on it! Join the NonStop Local Chord group and always be in the know. Some enjoyed voluntary movement even after their implant was turned off ...