Neuroscience Therapy Corp. has received FDA approval to begin marketing its electronic pain relief device the P-Stim in the United States. P-Stim, which the company claims has been highly successful in treating pain in thousands of patients in Europe, is now permitted to be marketed in the U.S. It is a miniaturized electro-stimulation device that is placed behind the ear with adhesive. It transmits low frequency electrical pulses via acupuncture-like needles inserted into the ear muscles. Medical Technology Business Europe (http://mtbeurope.info/news/2006/605024.htm)
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