System Handbook

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1Introduction
The Advanced Bionics Precision
TM
SCS (Spinal
Cord Stimulation) system is prescribed for the
management of chronic pain. The system
electrically stimulates the spinal cord to alter the
perception of pain signals that move along the
nerve pathways on either side of the spine.
Paresthesia is the term that describes the light,
tingling sensation—the “feeling”—of spinal
cord stimulation.
Before receiving your new Stimulator, you had
the opportunity to test stimulation therapy and
decide if it would work for you. By choosing to
have a stimulator surgically implanted, you