Start-Up Spotlight: Saluda Hopes To 'Evoke' From Down Under With First Closed-Loop Spine-Stim System

Aiming to improve the lives of patients living with chronic, intractable pain, Australian start-up Saluda Medical Pty Limited is the first and only neuromodulation company in the world to develop a closed-loop spinal cord stimulation system (SCS). Unlike other SCS systems marketed today, Saluda’s device, currently in clinical trials, is designed to measure the spinal cord’s response to electrical stimulation, and then respond to patient's preferred stimulation. 

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When it comes to the spinal cord stimulation market, Abbott Laboratories Inc., Medtronic PLC and Boston Scientific Corp. are on top of the world, but one start-up from Down Under hopes to "evoke" an entirely new response.

In contrast to existing spinal cord stimulation (SCS) systems that treat chronic pain by generating the same stimulation output through fixed (open-looped) technology, Evoke from Saluda Medical Pty. Ltd.

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