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INS 2017 Aims To Offer Sneak Peek Into Future Neuromodulation Trends

As scientific and industry experts prepare to gather in Edinburgh, Scotland, later this month for the 13th International Neuromodulation Society Congress, Medtech Insight spoke to Timothy Deer, INS president and a pain-management specialist, about what's ahead in neuromodulation and what to expect at the meeting.

Profile of a human head with a colorful symbol of neurons in the brain

Neuromodulation is entering a golden age, with more progress made over the last couple of years than there has been in the past 40 years. Further growth in this field will be driven by expanding global access to neuromodulation technologies and by continued R&D advances, as well as increased understanding of how neuromodulation can treat different disease states and patients.

That's the view of Timothy Deer, president of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), which will be holding its biennial congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 27-June 1. The meeting will...

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