Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Around 1.7 million people in United States are living with limb loss and annually 185,000 more undergo amputation.70% to 80% of the limb loss patients experience chronic post-amputation pain for which present methods of treatment are ineffective in providing pain relief.Evidence has been gathering that electric stimulation of peripheral nerves can effectively treat neuropathic pain conditions like occipital neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, CRPS etc.A peripheral nerve stimulation device to treat postamputation pain is being studied by NDI Medical, LLC and its commercial feasibility was evaluated via market research that involved assessing present treatment methods, estimating market potential and physician interviews etc.In spite of a big market potential ($15B), a need for an effective therapy and a demand from physicians, certain factors like inapplicability in diabetic patients, etc. work against this device's commercial feasibility.
Author: Raghav Dutta
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Language: English
Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2336219557