First, BioWave may be used with all implanted stimulators, SCS (spinal cord stimulation), PNS (peripheral nerve stimulation), DBS (deep brain stimulation), SNS (sacral nerve stimulators) HOWEVER, these implanted stimulators MUST FIRST BE TURNED OFF prior to starting the BioWave treatment.
Since BioWave has been proven to cause Afferent Stimulation along nerves, the result is that the BioWave signals travel up to the central nervous system (CNS) and on to the brain. This allows the CNS and brain to be more efficient at producing the body’s endogenous opiates like endorphins, enkephalins and serotonin. This is the hypothesis for the mechanism of action that causes long lasting pain relief post-treatment – up to 8 hours of continued pain relief following a 30-minute treatment.
This patient was treating his calf and in the VA there were no complications. However, when the patient treated himself at home, he stated the electrode placement was different on his calf than when he was in the clinic. The pads were significantly further apart and highly likely on the medial and/or lateral side of his calf. As a result, the BioWave active field likely captured either the tibial nerve on the medial side of the calf and/or the peroneal nerve on the lateral side of the calf, either of which could have carried the electrical signals up to the brain.
The patient did not turn off his brain stimulator. We believe the Afferent stimulation may have interfered with the deep brain stimulation and that potentially may have caused the veteran to experience the adverse side effects he described (headache, ringing in ears, eye pain).
So I will repeat: BioWave may be used with all implanted stimulators, SCS (spinal cord stimulation), PNS (peripheral nerve stimulation), DBS (deep brain stimulation), SNS (sacral nerve stimulators) HOWEVER, these implanted stimulators MUST FIRST BE TURNED OFF prior to starting the BioWave treatment.