Selected spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with profound spasticity may be treated by implantation of a baclofen pump for intrathecal administration of baclofen. The pump is implanted in the abdominal ...

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a major grant which will allow Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to continue scrutinizing the long-term ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke engineers have devised a way to improve the efficiency of lithotripsy -- the demolition of kidney stones using focused shock waves. After decades of research, all it took was ...

SAN DIEGO—Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is an independent risk factor for hypertension in patients without chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to data presented at the American ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified ...

Shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) has been used in the minimally invasive treatment of renal and proximal ureteral stones for over 20 years. The transient, acute effects of SWL on renal and other tissues ...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy uses shock waves to help with healing, pain reduction, and repair processes. It is a noninvasive treatment option for various conditions that affect the ...

Patients suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD) are increasingly being offered a treatment by doctors called intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). Developed by Shockwave Medical, part of Johnson & ...