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St. Jude Medical Receives CE Mark Approval of Eon Mini to Treat Chronic Migraine

Published on September 29, 2012 by David Prutchi in Migraine, Neural Stimulation, Occipital Nerve Stimulation, St. Jude Medical

St. Jude Medical announced it has received European CE Mark approval of its Eon™ family of neurostimulators for treating patients with intractable chronic migraine. According to the press release: “Intractable chronic migraine is one of the most difficult-to-treat headache disorders,” said Professor Gennaro Bussone, M.D., head of the Neurological Department at Istituto Besta in Milan

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