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• Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator Lawsuit Claims Lead and Battery Problems Led to Multiple Revision Surgeries

  October 22, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Boston Scientific and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are facing a lawsuit over an allegedly defective spinal cord stimulator, which claims both the manufacturer and the agency failed to ensure that newer versions of the implant were properly tested for safety and effectiveness.

• Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator Lawsuit Alleges Device Worsened Pain

  April 30, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Federal regulators accepted hundreds of changes to a Medtronic SCS device without reexamining it for premarket approval, which eventually led a Kentucky woman to experience multiple injuries.

• FDA Tells Doctors To Conduct Trial Stimulation Test Before Using Spinal Cord Stimulators

  September 4, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA is advising doctors to have patients go through a trial period before permanently implanting a spinal cord stimulator for pain management.