ReviewPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2026
History of SCS and patient-focused innovations: a manufacturer's perspective on the role of technology.
Review in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- State of the Art in Neuromodulation or Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
15 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe first case study of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for pain treatment, published in 1967, catalyzed decades of research to improve and optimize this therapy. CONTENT OVERVIEW: This article provides an overview of the history of SCS technology, including advances made by industrial and academic innovators in lead designs, neurostimulator features, and battery chemistry. Foundational randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and a timeline of key product releases from the early 1970s are highlighted. The second half of the article discusses SCS technology advancements from a manufacturer's perspective and how they relate to improving the overall patient therapy experience.
conclusionsSpecific SCS technology advancements that have focused on the patient's needs include: The development of patient programmers, enhanced rechargeable battery technology, position-adaptive neurostimulators, full-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) conditionality, and sensing-based closed-loop features.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.