Medtronic Bids for SPR...Implications for Pain?

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Medtronic announces intent to acquire SPR Therapeutics, Inc., expanding care options for people living with chronic pain

/PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global healthcare technology leader, today announced its intent to acquire SPR Therapeutics, Inc. (SPR), a...

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"The PNS segment continues to grow, driven by increasing clinical evidence, expanding reimbursement, and demand for non-opioid, less-invasive pain therapies. To date, the largest retrospective review of real-world PNS data, which includes more than 6,100 patients, was conducted using the SPRINT PNS System and showed over 71 percent of study participants demonstrated significant pain relief and/or improvement in quality of life following 60-day percutaneous PNS treatment."

 

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My Medtronic rep told me it’s a done deal

 

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Peripheral nerve stimulation doesn't seem to go anywhere with insurance, but multifidus muscle/MBB stimulation is getting coverage. I wonder if this is to develop that particular modality.