The WaveWriter Alpha™ Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) System provide personalized pain relief within minutes
Princeton, NJ, January 9, 2023 — Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute is among the first pain clinics in New Jersey to offer the WaveWriter Alpha™ Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) System to patients with chronic pain. Chronic pain, defined as continuous and long-term pain lasting more than six months, impacts more than 50 million people in the U.S. and is the chief cause of disability in American adults. (1)
SCS is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved non-opioid treatment option to aid in the management of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and/or limbs, including unilateral or bilateral pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome or intractable low back pain and leg pain. The device sends mild electrical pulses to nerves along the spinal cord to interrupt pain signals. Introduced more than 40 years ago, patients undergo a trial period allowing them to evaluate it before deciding to receive a permanent implant. Unlike most surgical procedures, it is reversible.
The WaveWriter Alpha SCS System include Fast-Acting Sub-perception Therapy (FAST™), which is designed to provide patients immediate paresthesia-free pain relief. Paresthesia-based therapy provides pain relief with a light tingling sensation while sub-perception therapy works without that sensation. While paresthesia-free therapy has typically taken a few days or longer to take full effect, FAST can help to provide significant pain relief within minutes. The WaveWriter Alpha SCS System are comprised of a portfolio of four MRI conditional, Bluetooth-enabled implantable pulse generators (IPGs) offering the ability to deliver multiple waveforms simultaneously as pain relief needs change or fluctuate.
The WaveWriter Alpha SCS System are supported by Cognita Solutions to address common challenges in pain management, including raising awareness about drug-free pain management options, helping patients find local physicians, and helping physicians sustain functional outcomes for patients over the long-term.
“Everyone experiences pain differently and patients can sometimes become less responsive to therapy as their pain changes over time,” said Dr. Ronak Patel, of Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute. “The WaveWriter Alpha System are breakthrough technology that offers patients flexibility to meet their individual needs for lasting relief. Treatment options like these are important as we face the challenge of providing patients relief from pain without relying solely on opioids.”
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Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute provides head to toe pain management for adult patients in Plainsboro, Manalapan, Hamilton, and surrounding New Jersey communities, from its offices in Plainsboro Township and Manalapan. Founder and medical director Ronak D. Patel, MD, is a double board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management. He leads a team of medical professionals dedicated to resolving chronic pain in all its forms.
(1) Institute of Medicine. Relieving pain in America: a blueprint for transforming prevention, care, education and research. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2011.
Dr. Ronak Patel of the Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute.,
