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A promising trial of spinal electrical stimulation that instantly boosts movement and dexterity in the arms and hands of stroke survivors has the potential to greatly improve quality of life for those with chronic motor function loss.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Spinal cord stimulation restores limb mobility in stroke survivors
Researchers at UCLA have developed a small sponge that can be implanted next to a tumor to help the body fight it. In tests in mice, the devices induced remission, prevented growth and spread of cancers, and increased survival times.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Implantable “sponge” fights off cancer in striking mouse study
While islet cell transplants allow some diabetics to forgo daily insulin injections, those people have to take immunosuppressive drugs in order to keep the cells from being rejected. A new implant, however, could administer the drugs for them – in much… Continue reading Subdermal implant could boost islet cell therapy for diabetics
You’ve probably had a company not support one of your devices as long as you’d like, whether it was a smart speaker or a phone, but what happens if you …read more Continue reading What Happens when Implants Become Abandonware?
It’s a sad fact that people with conditions such as muscular dystrophy and ALS often have difficulty breathing, as their diaphragm muscle doesn’t work properly. MIT scientists have set out to give that muscle a boost, with an implantable ventilator.Con… Continue reading MIT implantable ventilator could literally let patients breathe easier
The installation of a cochlear implant is a tricky procedure, in which certain nerves may be damaged if the surgeon isn’t sufficiently careful. A new “smart” surgical drill is designed to help, by automatically shutting off if it gets too close to thos… Continue reading “Smart” drill designed to speed and simplify cochlear implant surgery
We hear a lot about artificial hips and knees, but finger joints? They do exist, but their fit and functionality is limited. Germany’s Fraunhofer research group aims to change that, with artificial finger joints that are custom 3D-printed for each pati… Continue reading Custom 3D-printed joints may restore full movement to disabled fingers
Researchers at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian have developed an implantable pump that can continuously deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into the brain to fight hard-to-treat cancer. In a phase 1b trial, patients were able to undergo t… Continue reading Implantable pump drip-feeds chemotherapy directly into brain tumors
When a limb is rendered immobile for long periods of time, its muscles will inevitably begin to atrophy. A new implant could help keep that from happening, however, by mechanically stretching and compressing those muscles.Continue ReadingCategory: Medi… Continue reading Shape-memory implant may keep immobilized muscles from wasting away
Currently, small metal implants either have to be surgically removed from the body once they’re no longer needed, or just left inside indefinitely – both of which can lead to complications. Now, however, scientists have devised a method of breaking the… Continue reading Liquid-metal tech could allow implants to be dissolved instead of removed