St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, has announced the SUNBURST study has demonstrated that Burst stimulation from St. Jude Medical is superior to traditional tonic spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in relieving chronic pain. The SUNBURST study also found patients preferred Burst stimulation to traditional SCS and that a vast majority of patients experienced a reduction in paresthesia (a tingling sensation common during traditional SCS), or were paresthesia free when receiving Burst stimulation. The results of the SUNBURST study, a prospective, randomized multicenter study designed to support U.S. approval of St. Jude Medical's Burst stimulation, were presented today during a plenary session at the 19th annual meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
