Spinal cord stimulation
Overdrive™ battery technology
For spinal cord stimulators
Choose innovative battery technology.
Overdrive™ battery technology utilizes proprietary chemistry, not available from competitor devices. This innovation allows for rapid recharging with minimal impact on battery capacity.
Under daily, empty-to-full charge and discharge testing:
- The Medtronic Overdrive™ battery technology maintained 95% of the original capacity at nine years and 3,200 cycles.1,2
- The tested Competitor X spinal cord stimulators lost 30% of the capacity after only three years and 1,000 cycles.1,2
- The Intellis™ and Inceptiv™ SCS devices can be recharged in ~ 1 hour from empty to full† versus up to four hours with the tested Competitor X devices.
9-year Overdrive™ battery data
Medtronic is the only SCS manufacturer to offer this proprietary, non-traditional lithium-ion battery chemistry.
Overdrive™ battery technology
- Faster recharge‡
- Minimal fade‡
- Over-discharge protection
Inceptiv™ and Intellis™ neurostimulators
The Inceptiv™ and Intellis™ implantable neurostimulators are powered by proprietary Overdrive™ battery technology.
Benefits of Overdrive™ battery technology
~ 1 hour
Recharge time from empty to full†
Up to 3 times faster
Recharge than traditional lithium-ion batteries
More than 95%
Battery capacity at nine years independent of therapy parameters or recharge preferences
