Tag: NANS
NANS leads multi-society response to “methodologically flawed” SCS re-review in Washington...
The North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) has led a multi-society response to the Washington State Health Care Authority (WSHCA) following its review of the...
Timothy Deer to receive inaugural NANS Presidential Merit Award
Renowned pain management expert and clinical professor of anaesthesiology Timothy Deer (West Virginia University, Charleston, USA) is set to receive the inaugural Presidential Merit...
Progress update on Women in Neuromodulation: Achievements and obstacles
In light of recent progress made in alleviating gender disparities within the neuromodulation field, Magdalena Anitescu (Chicago, USA), Anne Fennimore (Boca Raton, USA), Kiran...
NANS 2022: New 18-month data show durability of high-frequency SCS for...
This year’s North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) annual meeting (13–15 January 2022; Orlando, USA) saw 18-month data from SENZA-PDN—a randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the...
Salim Hayek
Salim Hayek is chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and a professor in Case Western Reserve University’s Department...
NANS 2022: Telehealth to play key role in improving patient access...
COVID-19 may have held a defining role in the “rebirth” of telehealth and remote care models in the USA, but their utility in improving...
Medtronic announces schedule for sponsored presentations at NANS 2022
Medtronic has announced its schedule for presentations at the 25th North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) annual meeting (13–15 January 2022; Orlando, USA). According to a press...
Boston Scientific to present new data on advances in chronic pain...
Boston Scientific has announced key data that will be featured at the 25th North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) annual meeting (13–15 January 2022; Orlando, USA)....
Current gaps and barriers in patient access to spinal cord stimulation
Maricela Schnur (St Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, USA) highlights a handful of socioeconomic disparities, racial differences, and psychological and psychiatric factors, that currently present difficulties...
Closed-loop neuromodulation could restore memory after traumatic brain injury
A new randomised controlled trial presented at the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) virtual meeting (15–16 January), presented by Robert E Gross (Emory University...
Future stroke rehabilitation could include robotic therapy
At the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) virtual meeting (15–16 January), Dylan J Edwards, director of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and director of...
New study reports directional DBS provides superior results to omnidirectional DBS...
Results from a multi-centre, prospective, blinded, crossover study, presented at the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) virtual meeting (15–16 January) by Jan Vesper (Heinrich-Heine...
New study shows improvement in opioid withdrawal symptoms through non-invasive neuromodulation
A late-breaking abstract presented at the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) 2021 virtual meeting (January 15–16) has shown that non-invasive neuromodulation may present a...
Educational curriculum for spinal cord stimulation developed to fill “unmet need”
A spinal cord stimulation (SCS) training curriculum has been developed by a multidisciplinary taskforce of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s (NANS) education committee. It...
Sheep model helps guide investigation of analgesia tolerance and reversal during...
Having been honoured with the Best Basic Science Abstract Award at the North American Neuromodulation Society’s (NANS) 2020 annual meeting (23–26 January, Las Vegas,...
New study finds high responder rates for ECAP-controlled, closed-loop spinal cord...
A randomised, double-blind trial finds ECAP-controlled closed-loop spinal cord stimulation (SCS) statistically superior for the treatment of chronic pain, compared to open-loop stimulation. At...
News from NANS: 10kHz safe and effective for treating painful diabetic...
A multicentre study across 18 centres finds 10kHz safe and effective for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. Sensory improvements were observed in many...
News from NANS: First long-term vagus nerve stimulation implant in mice
Data showing the effective use of a long-term vagus nerve implant in mice have been presented at the North American Neuromodulation Society’s (NANS) annual...
Medtronic launches Efficio software to help clinicians efficiently manage targeted drug...
Medtronic announce the launch of Efficio, a cloud-based data management software for use with the SynchroMed II intrathecal drug delivery system, that will allow...
News from NANS: BurstDR stimulation reduces negative psychological effects associated with...
New quality of life and functional improvement data from both the BOLD and TRIUMP studies echo the benefits of the Proclaim XR neurostimulation system...
Pooled analysis finds dorsal root ganglion stimulation “safe and effective” for...
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation is a safe and effective therapy for multiple chronic pain disorders, concludes a pooled analysis published in Neuromodulation. The...
Novel differential-target multiplexed technique outperforms conventional SCS
Continuous differential-target multiplexed (DTM) spinal cord stimulation (SCS) provides better thermal and mechanically induced pain relief compared to high-rate and low-rate SCS, concluded Ricardo...
Evoke: The first RCT to measure spinal cord activations in response...
The protocol design for a multicentre, prospective, randomised, double-blind study comparing ECAP- (evoked compound action potential) controlled closed-looped with open-loop, fixed output spinal cord...
NANS responds to California DWC order to discontinue coverage of non-opioid...
The North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) has issued a response to the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) order which adopts regulations to update the evidence-based...
