Abbott announced on 19 December that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its Eterna spinal cord stimulation system (SCS) for treating chronic pain with low-dose BURSTDR stimulation.

New 24-month data from the SENZA-PDN trial, presented at the American Diabetes Society conference in New Orleans, provides more support for HFX 10 kHz as a reliable therapy for people with painful diabetic neuropathy.

The Australian company secured $125m in financing to support commercialization of the Evoke SCS system for chronic pain beginning in late 2022. The US FDA approved Evoke SCS for chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs, the third major FDA approval of an SCS technology this year so far.

The FDA approved a diabetic peripheral neuropathy indication for Medtronic’s Intellis and Vanta spinal cord stimulators a few days after expanding the indication for Senza Nevro’s spinal cord stimulation system to include non-surgical refractory back pain.