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  2. Sacral nerve stimulation - Wikipedia

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    Many studies have been initiated using the sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) technique to treat patients that suffer with urinary problems. [citation needed] When applying this procedure, proper patient screening is essential, because some disorders that affect the urinary tract (like bladder calculus or carcinoma in-situ) have to be treated differently.

  3. Neurostimulation - Wikipedia

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    [3] Based on these results, the article suggested the hypothesis of the origin of neurostimulation during gestation. [3] According to this position, natural neurostimulation occurs during pregnancy due to the electromagnetic properties of the mother's heart and its interaction with the mother's own and fetal nervous system. [3]

  4. Deep brain stimulation - Wikipedia

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    The IPG is a battery-powered neurostimulator encased in a titanium housing, which sends electrical pulses to the brain that interfere with neural activity at the target site. The leads are two coiled wires insulated in polyurethane with four platinum-iridium electrodes that allow delivery of electric charge from the battery back implanted in ...

  5. Medical device maker Boston Scientific to buy Axonics for $3. ...

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    Boston Scientific, which makes pacemakers, stents and catheters, will pay $71 in cash per share, representing a 23.3% premium to the Axonics' last close. Axonics' products, such as Axonics R20 and ...

  6. Spinal cord stimulator - Wikipedia

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    A spinal cord stimulator (SCS) or dorsal column stimulator (DCS) is a type of implantable neuromodulation device (sometimes called a "pain pacemaker") that is used to send electrical signals to select areas of the spinal cord (dorsal columns) for the treatment of certain pain conditions.

  7. Medtronic, Axonics Patent War Continues for Sacral ... - AOL

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  8. St. Jude Medical Receives European CE Mark Approval of ... - AOL

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    St. Jude Medical Receives European CE Mark Approval of Eon Mini Neurostimulator, the World's Smallest Rechargeable Device to Treat Chronic Migraine Additional approvals received for Eon and EonC ...

  9. Brain implant - Wikipedia

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    Neurostimulators have been in use since 1997 to ease the symptoms of such diseases as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, dystonia and recently depression. Rapid advancements in neurostimulation technologies are providing relief to an unprecedented number of patients affected by debilitating neurologic and psychiatric disorders.