Health-device giant Medtronic - known for its pioneering pacemakers and insulin pumps for diabetics - recently released a device in the U.S. called the Personal Therapy Manager (PTM), a retooled version of a Palm OS handheld. A first for the market, it's a patient-controlled device with a screen interface that can sync with the company's programmable implanted pumps to deliver medicine, via catheter, to the fluid near the spinal cord - a process known as intrathecal drug delivery.
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