SCS Industry Preference
Started by lmsanscafe
Whoever has reps that actually work. Meaning, call the patients, call me with issues they become aware of, help coordinate, arrive on time, etc.
All the reps in my area are super attentive. I don't think there's a statistically significant difference in the trial to perm ratio between companies. Cost is a big factor.
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Medtronic is terrible in my area. We don’t even have a rep and the guy who was supposed to be covering doesn’t respond.
Yep. It matters.
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Is that a picture of their new proprietary HF waveform?
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what caused the insane crash ?
Declining revenue and they lost a big patent case against Boston, would be my guess.
Also I think the DPN push was a flop
They did a great thing with the DPN work but did not anticipate every other SCS company being to add on that indication immediately after them.
What case did they lose?
It’s been a minute since I did SCS for peripheral neuropathy. I did a a couple with nevro but my rep is terrible and I stopped using them.
Do all the stim companies now have the indication to do SCS for DPN?
Do any stim companies have an official indication for non diabetic peripheral neuropathy?
Can anyone else verify this? I’ve been told recently from my boston reps to NOT use diabetic pn as a dx.
ABT/MDT/NVRO have the DPN indication. BSX will soon enough.
why does what their stock price matter if deciding if it the best system for a patient? (unless you own nevro stock)
Because they might go bankrupt like Nuvectra or bought out and your “team” dissolved.
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well, they are going to eventually get bought out and merged in to on one of the other companies anyways. because market consolidation is part and parcel to capitalism, right?
i dont think that means that their product would "disappear"...
even now, when the battery dies, you can replace with a competitors product...
i dont think that means that their product would "disappear"...
even now, when the battery dies, you can replace with a competitors product...
I no longer do competitive swaps as it permanently eliminates the patients ability to get a MRI.
I've lived this. SCS refugees. Corporate stewardship is vital for a good business relationship.
true, however, recently something fell through the cracks and a competitive swap with leads from one manufacturer and battery from another (both respectively mri conditional), had a full body mri and did just fine.... 🤷♂️
Correct, I would like to read the case reports where a patient has been harmed by the SCS/MRI. I don’t think there have been many? I have never read one.
