Medtronic Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were hit with a product liability lawsuit on April 18 in Minnesota District Court over alleged defects in Medtronic's spinal cord stimulator ...

Spinal cord stimulators can significantly improve patients’ lives. The province doesn’t fund nearly enough of them, experts say.

In 2003, Medtronic first received a humanitarian green light from the FDA to offer its deep brain stimulation implants to treat the symptoms of dystonia—the painful movement disorder that can cause ...

—–In an interview with MedPage Today, Dr. Kapoor, from the Department of Pain Management at Cleveland Clinic, discusses the role of implantation of a permanent neuromodulation device in management of ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

The latest update is out from Jinhai International Group Holdings Limited ( (HK:2225)). Jinhai Medical Technology Limited announced a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Medtronic Changzhou ...

Chronic pain affects millions of individuals, considerably impacting their quality of life and emotional well-being. You may find that it alters your daily activities, leading to frustration and ...

Treating chronic neuropathic pain with spinal cord stimulation may help prevent excess mortality associated with chronic pain, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

A research team from the University of Cologne has shown how zebrafish can rebuild their nerve pathways and restore their locomotor function after a spinal cord injury. Specialized connective tissue ...