Abbott To Provide Devices To NIH’s BRAIN Initiative
Executive Summary
Abbott has agreed to provide directional deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, and dorsal root ganglion therapy devices to help NIH study treatments for chronic pain and progressive movement disorders like Parkinson's disease.
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