User Manual

This booklet provides you with the following:
• Indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, risks of
surgery, possible side effects, changes in therapy, and possible
device complications
• What to expect as you recover from surgery
• Definition of pain and stimulation
• Description of your implanted system and how it works to
manage your pain
• Description of your patient programmer, and how to use it and
care for it
• Steps to take to help you solve problems or identify when you
should call your doctor
• How to live with your stimulation system
• Answers to common questions
• Important terms that appear as bold in text; these terms are
listed in the Glossary at the end of this booklet.
Ask your doctor to explain anything that is unclear.
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