Correction on Medtronic’s InterStim neurostimulator
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The sacral nerve neurostimulation implant, for which Medtronic recently submitted a PMA application for treatment of fecal incontinence, was originally approved in 1997 for urinary incontinence. "The Gray Sheet" had erroneously reported that the urinary indication was first approved in 2006 (1"The Gray Sheet" Oct. 27, 2008, In Brief)