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Abbott Eterna problems?
Abbott cases were centralized as MDL 3194 on October 2, 2026. See if your case qualifies now.
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Abbott Eterna patients reporting shocks, lead migration, battery failures, or revision surgery may qualify for the Abbott spinal cord stimulator litigation. Eterna is Abbott’s rechargeable flagship. Patient reports and filings describe charging problems, battery-site pain, and loss of efficacy after strong trials; a 2025 recall action also addressed Eterna charging behavior.
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Reported problems in this system
- Painful shocks, jolts, and overstimulation
- lead migration or fracture requiring reoperation
- battery and charging failures
- loss of pain relief after a successful trial
- infection and battery-site complications. (Counts from FDA’s MAUDE database; reports are not verified causation.)
Is this your device?
Check your patient ID card — it lists the model. No card? Your charger or phone app identifies it, and your operative report names it; we obtain that for you.
What matters most in Abbott Eterna cases
Eterna’s rechargeable design makes charging-session records useful evidence — note every session that heated or shocked.
Do you qualify?
- ✓ Revision, replacement, or removal surgery
- ✓ Shocks or burns
- ✓ Migration on imaging
- ✓ Infection
- ✓ Neurological symptoms
“It just stopped working”? Read our honest triage before deciding you don’t qualify — most patients have more than they think.
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Matthew T. Marin, J.D. — Admitted in Rhode Island, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
Stefanie A. Murphy, J.D. — Admitted in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
Frequently Asked Questions
What did the 2025 Eterna recall address?
What records help support an Eterna charging claim?
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What does FDA adverse event data show for the Abbott Eterna SCS?
FDA adverse event reports for the Abbott Eterna SCS total 60, with injury the dominant event type at 54 reports, most filed in 2023.
Eterna-coded FDA adverse event reports total 60, with 54 classified as injury and 6 as malfunction. Nearly all activity is recent: reporting was zero from 2019 through 2022, then jumped to 53 reports in 2023 before settling to 2 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 3 in 2026. The leading product problem is an adverse event without an identified device or use problem, cited in 38 reports, followed by 11 wireless communication problem reports and 7 migration reports. Attorneys reviewing spinal cord stimulator claims use these reports as investigative leads, not proof of defect.
| Year received | MAUDE reports |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 53 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 (through Aug) | 3 |
Source: FDA MAUDE database via openFDA, product code LGW (spinal cord stimulator, totally implanted), retrieved August 2026. MAUDE reports are submitted by manufacturers, clinicians, and patients; they are not independently verified, may include duplicates, and do not establish that a device caused the reported event.
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