Newswise — Journalists are invited to interview the first patient implanted with the world’s smallest neurostimulator for chronic pain on the one-year anniversary of his procedure. One year ago, former U.S. Army parachutist Adam Hammond became the first patient in the world implanted with an Eon Mini neurostimulator, the world’s smallest neurostimulator for chronic pain. Adam’s chronic pain was the result of a skydiving accident when his parachute deployed incorrectly, leaving Adam in a coma with life-threatening injuries including a severed spine, broken femur, fractured pelvic bone and torn aorta. After recovering from his accident, Adam battled chronic pain that left him dependent on a wheelchair. Today, Adam is active and exercising, studying for his law degree and no longer in need of a wheelchair. Adam also went to Washington, D.C., recently to meet with representatives and advocate for pain legislation.
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Adam is just one of the many chronic pain sufferers who have been helped with neurostimulation, an FDA-approved therapy that uses electrical pulses to interrupt pain signals to the brain. More than 60,000 St. Jude Medical neurostimulation devices have been implanted in patients in 35 countries around the world. Here are examples of several other chronic pain patients with compelling stories:
• Zac - a young Florida firefighter/paramedic who was training for an Iron Man race when he was hit by a teenage driver; the horrendous accident resulted in massive injuries, a dozen surgeries and Zac being wheelchair-bound for more than a year. After being implanted with a neurostimulator, Zac is back working as a firefighter and just ran in his first 15K race since the accident.
• Beth - a 43-year-old mother of two who spent 17 years in a wheelchair due to chronic pain. She had 28 major surgeries including a leg amputation as she sought relief from her pain over the years. Post-implant, Beth is able to walk again on her prosthetic leg, recently gave birth to a daughter and believes her neurostimulator “gave me back my life.”
• James - a young military officer who was injured by a bomb in Iraq, resulting in a leg amputation. Today, the 26-year-old is training for the Army Ten-Miler race in Washington, D.C., and hopes to participate in the Paralympics one day.
For more information on these patients or to request photos, fact sheets, animations or broadcast-quality video b-roll of implant procedures, please contact us. For more information on chronic pain and neurostimulation, please visit www.PowerOverYourPain.com.
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