New Advances in Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain

Around 50 million people in the United States live with-and suffer from-chronic pain. While some pain patients receive relief from physical therapy, medication, or surgery, others aren't helped by these treatments. “It's a debilitating situation,” says Ryan Lakin, divisional vice president of R&D at Abbott. “Patients have trouble just living a normal life, doing a lot of things that we take for granted.”