Course Description:
This program is intended for interventional pain management physicians with appropriate pain patients and facility approval to use the SPRINT PNS System. This lab combines didactic presentation, ultrasound and fluoroscopic imaging and hands-on lead implantation procedure training using cadavers and anatomical models.
Course Objectives:
• Understand appropriate applications and patient selection guidelines for the SPRINT PNS system to treat the symptomatic relief of chronic, intractable pain, post-surgical and post-traumatic acute pain.
• Develop skills for nerve identification and lead placement under ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance.
• Learn SPRINT device programming and operation to provide optimal treatment results.
• Understand procedural best practices and troubleshooting.
• Understand patient management process; pre, intra, and post treatment protocols.
• Review practice management and reimbursement considerations.