A spinal cord stimulator is a device used to exert pulsed electrical signals to the spinal cord

Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular bundle of nervous tissue and support cells that extends from the brain . The brain and spinal cord together make up the central nervous system...

 to control chronic pain

Chronic pain

Chronic pain has several different meanings in medicine. Traditionally, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has relied upon an arbitrary interval of time from onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since the initiation of pain, though some theorists and...

. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS), in the simplest form, consists of stimulating electrodes, implanted in the epidural space

Epidural space

In the spine, the epidural space is the outermost part of the spinal canal. It is the space within the canal lying outside the dura mater...

, an electrical pulse generator, implanted in the lower abdominal area or gluteal region, conducting wires connecting the electrodes to the generator, and the generator remote control.