OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS Scientists at the University of Galway in Ireland and MIT have collaborated to create a soft robotic implant that can work to fight fibrotic encapsulation and deliver drugs despite the presence of fibrous scar tissue. The device, which the researchers have termed the FibroSensing Dynamic Soft Reservoir (FSDSR), is designed to...
More than two decades ago, a team researchers set out with an ambitious goal to provide people with paralysis a revolutionary neurotechnology capable of turning thoughts about movement into actual action, using a tiny device that would one day be implanted in the surface of the brain. Their work led to an ongoing effort to create the BrainGate brain-computer...
By Ben Coxworth May 25, 2021 The medication-dispensing mat (left) is made up of piezoelectric polymer nanofibers (right)Jin Nam/UCR Although there are implants that gradually release medication at specific sites within the body, it can be difficult to control their rate of release. An experimental new device, however, dispenses drugs when externally activated by a shockwave. First...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: The Johns Hopkins Medicine-designed multichannel vestibular implant helps patients with bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH) — loss of the sense of balance — by electrically bypassing malfunctioning areas of the inner ear and restoring most of their ability to walk, move, turn their head without dizziness and orient themselves in space. CREDIT:...
