This Implant is the 1st Non-drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the chronic diseases caused by inflammation. It’s a painful, life-altering condition — and recently, the FDA approved a new treatment for it that Dr. John Tesser says has the potential to drastically improve patients’ quality of life.
It’s called SetPoint therapy — named for the company that created it, SetPoint Medical.

It’s a tiny, pill-sized implant that’s inserted into the body. Tesser is a rheumatologist here in the Valley, and a professor at University of Arizona’s medical school. He served as the national principal investigator during the trial period for Setpoint therapy.

Tesser told The Show that the implant works by stimulating the vagus nerve in the neck, which then sends signals into the spleen.

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