Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Device

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens or tns is the use of electric current produced by a device to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes tens by definition covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation although the term is often used with a more restrictive intent namely to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable.

Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device. Ptns works by indirectly providing electrical stimulation to the nerves responsible for bladder and pelvic floor function. Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulator pens is a device used for the treatment of pain. Percutaneous tibial nerve stimuation ptns is a low risk non surgical treatment. A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens unit is a device that sends small electrical currents to targeted body parts.

Senior medical director review 3 16 09. This document addresses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens and percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation pens. Electrical stimulation is a method used to treat pain through electrodes placed on or just beneath the skin that send small electrical impulses to underlying sensory nerve fibers to modify pain perception. Our patients are experiencing significant reductions in pain and the system could not be easier to use and store.

Percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation penfs administered via the ib stim device innovative health solutions versailles in usa has been shown to be efficacious in adolescent patients with abdominal pain related functional gi disorders including ibs. As with tens small wires are attached to a battery powered electrical stimulator. A key difference is that needle electrodes deliver current closer to the nerves or the muscles beneath the skin making the nerves. Unlike the classified transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator that apply an electrical current to electrodes on a patient s skin to deliver stimulation a pens uses electrodes that are placed percutaneously to deliver stimulation.

During ptns treatment the patient s foot is comfortably elevated and supported. These currents are used to relieve pain. 4 13 09 policy from archive. Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation pens or neuromodulation therapy.

Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation pens and percutaneous neuromodulation therapy pnt have been evaluated for the treatment of a variety of chronic musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain conditions including low back pain neck pain diabetic neuropathy chronic headache and surface hyperalgesia.