Stimu Sock for Electrical Stimulation in Diabetic Neuropathy
Researchers at Rice University have developed a “Stimu Sock” that can help to treat balance issues and pain in the feet caused by diabetic neuropathy. The socks contain an insole that can provide haptic feedback if someone is overbalancing, helping them to correct things. It can also administer transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation that can help to reduce pain in the feet. The socks are linked to a smartphone app that users can access to tweak the system and find the most appropriate settings for their diabetic neuropathy. The researchers put particular effort into ensuring that the device had a low profile and w...
Source: Medgadget - May 2, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Neurology diabetic neuropathy riceuniversity Source Type: blogs
Opioid-free orthopedic surgery [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “How do we manage this? All patients meet with the physical therapist before surgery and within two days after surgery. They use transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) before and after surgery. They get a regional anesthetic block from one of our anesthesiologists, supplemented with
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Orthopedics Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 18th August 2022 - research
Some new research that might be interesting or useful. OA = open access, so freely availableLI = librarian intervention may be needed (if you have a librarian. Payment or a subscription are alternatives)Labour and birthBenefits and risks of spontaneous pushing versus directed pushing during the second stage of labour among women without epidural analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (LI)Prophylactic methylergonovine and oxytocin compared with oxytocin alone in patients undergoing intrapartum cesarean birth: a randomized controlled trial. (OA)Suture compared with staples f...
Source: Browsing - August 18, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: blogs
Neuromuscular Tongue Stimulator for Snoring Authorized by FDA
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) impacts millions of people with wide-ranging effects that can have a serious impact on overall health. There are a number of technologies to help manage and sometimes treat the condition, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices. Most patients end up receiving therapies that don’t treat the underlying causes of poor breathing during sleep.
The FDA has now authorized, via the De Novo process, the first device that trains the muscles around the tongue to become stronger in order to reduce snoring and help alleviate OSA.
Signifier Medical Technologies, a compan...
Source: Medgadget - February 9, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiology Medicine Neurology Source Type: blogs
New guidelines for aches, pains, and strains
We’ve all been there before. A minor injury leads to a sore ankle, achy shoulder, or sore neck. You could do nothing, try to ignore it, and see if it gets better. Or you may be tempted to take something, especially if significant discomfort prevents you from doing your usual activities or keeps you up at night.
So, what’s the best initial treatment? For minor injuries, your options are many, including:
Home remedies. Common approaches are the “RICE” treatments — Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation: applying cold to the sore area, wearing an elastic wrap to compress the sore area, rest, and elevation (such as p...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - October 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Bones and joints Exercise and Fitness Health Pain Management Source Type: blogs
Injectable Electrodes for Neuromodulation
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed an injectable flexible electrode that can aid in neuromodulation therapy, potentially replacing more rigid electrodes that do not mesh well with soft tissues. The injectable material consists of a silicone gel and small metal particles, and it forms a flexible bolus when injected around a target nerve. The nerve can then be electrically stimulated from the surface of the skin using a basic transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit. The approach could pave the way for effective neuromodulation therapy for a large variety of diseases.
Neuromod...
Source: Medgadget - November 12, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Materials Medicine Neurology Neurosurgery Pain Management Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
BewellConnect MyTens PRO: A Medgadget Review
BewellConnect’s MyTens PRO is a mobile and wireless TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) device that has been medically approved and cleared by the FDA. TENS is a widely known technique that provides pain relief or muscle stimulation using mild electrical currents. The typical TENS unit comes with a handheld central control unit, roughly the size of your smartphone, and connects by wires to electrodes. The MyTens, on the other hand, does not come with this central unit. Instead, it is controlled via Bluetooth from a smartphone app that pairs as soon as you activate a session within the app and turn on the d...
Source: Medgadget - March 4, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Exclusive Pain Management Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
NeuroMetrix Introduces AI for Pain Relief at CES 2019
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a therapy that has been around for decades. It is used to treat pain and a few other conditions, but over those decades it has gotten a bit stale. New companies, though, are taking TENS therapy to a new level and NeuroMetrix is one of the leaders in this field.
The company was showing off for the first time its Quell 2.0 TENS device at CES 2019. It is smaller than the company’s original product, but sports a larger battery that can provide more juice and more therapy sessions per charge. It is actually more powerful than any other TENS device on the market and is ...
Source: Medgadget - January 16, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Pain Management Rehab Source Type: blogs
Veinplicity Makes Veins Fatter for Easier Access (Interview)
Venous access is famously difficult in many patients, and devices have been developed in the past to make veins easier to see. Seeing narrow veins doesn’t make it much easier to get inside of them, but the Veinplicity device from Physeon, a Swiss company that’s part of Germany’s Novintum Medical Technology, actually makes veins more engorged and less of a challenge to access.
We spoke with Alan Wilson, CEO of Novintum Medical Technology, and Tina Leggett, Physeon’s Business Development Director, to find out more about the technology within the Veinplicity and what it means for everyday clinical c...
Source: Medgadget - October 30, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine Exclusive Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Electronic Skin for Prosthetic Hands Lets Amputee Feel Touch, Pain
One of the most hoped-for features for prosthetic devices is being able to have a sense of touch. All the fine mechanics, motorized power, and dexterity that can be achieved in a robotic hand can’t be taken proper advantage of without feeling what it is you’re touching. Johns Hopkins researchers are working to make this a reality and they’ve developed an electronic skin, which they call “e-dermis,” that has tiny tactile sensors connected, via a computer, to existing peripheral nerves of the patient.
Made of a soft fabric and rubber seeded with the touch sensors that essentially reproduce the a...
Source: Medgadget - June 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Rehab Source Type: blogs
Neurostimulation Enhanced by Digital Health: Interview with CEO of NeuroMetrix
Neurostimulation has the capacity to stop pain signals from traveling up to the brain, but to mask the pain effectively and for long periods of time clinicians have turned to implants. That is because conventional TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) devices don’t have the strength and focus to comfortably quell pain in long intervals.
NeuroMetrix, a publicly traded company based in Waltham, MA, has developed technologies that overcome many of the limitations of TENS devices, allowing the firm’s main product, the Quell Wearable Pain Relief device, which we tested out a few years ago, to fight pain...
Source: Medgadget - April 4, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Pain Management Source Type: blogs
iTENS, a Nifty Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator to Treat Pain
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) devices intended for consumers to use themselves are nothing new anymore. They’ve been even getting a bit stale, often looking similar and relying on pads that are individually connected by wire to the control unit. The iTENS, a product of an Ohio company by the same name, is a rethought and redesigned TENS unit that we took an opportunity to try for ourselves.
Seeing the iTENS for the first time may surprise previous users of similar devices because it’s tiny, has only three buttons on the front, and uses electrode pads that look like wings that clip on to the...
Source: Medgadget - September 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Neurology Pain Source Type: blogs
Bayer Unveils Aleve Direct Therapy TENS Back Pain Relief System
Bayer is releasing a new consumer TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) system marketed using a familiar name, Aleve Direct Therapy. Designed specifically to help treat back pain, it sticks to the skin using double-sided gel pads and is operated via an accompanying wireless remote control.
Once activated, the system begins delivering electric pulses to the back, going through a series of three stages that are intended to optimize the blocking of nerve signals moving up the spine and to motivate the release of endorphins. There’s a plus and minus buttons on the remote to control the overall level of the...
Source: Medgadget - July 18, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Orthopedic Surgery Pain Source Type: blogs
Cefaly Migraine Preventing TENS Headband Coming to U.S. Market (VIDEO)
Migraines have been a challenging condition to treat, often requiring patients to take powerful drugs with substantial side effects. Now the FDA has given the first permission to market a device in the U.S. to help prevent the onset of migraines. The Cefaly from STX-Med out of Liege, Belgium is a non-invasive headband that delivers transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to the trigeminal nerve known to be involved in pathophysiology of migraine headaches. The device is worn for up to 20 minutes per day and is indicated for migraine sufferers 18 years of age or older. As with other TENS devices, there might ...
Source: Medgadget - March 13, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Neurology Source Type: blogs
FDA Approves First Device to Prevent Migraine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today allowed marketing of the first device for the preventive treatment of migraine headaches (Cefaly, STX-Med).It is also the first transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device specifically authorized for use before the onset of pain, the FDA noted in a statement released today."Cefaly provides an alternative to medication for migraine prevention," Christy Foreman, director of the Office of Device Evaluation at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in the statement. "This may help patients who cannot tolerate current migraine medications for prev...
Source: Psychology of Pain - March 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
