title: Implant technology and usability.
abstract: Implanted electrical stimulation technology has changed greatly in the roughly five decades of its existence. Many factors determine the viability of the technology and whether the systems and products developed ultimately go on to help the target patient population. This article describes the successful introduction of an implanted system and the challenges to implanted system development, acceptance, and usability of these systems by the patient and clinical communities.
authors.affiliation: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, CA, USA. paul.meadows@ifess.org
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Meadows
mesh_terms: D024803:Biomedical Enhancement; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*