Implantable wireless devices trigger, and may block, pain signals
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 07:30
in Health & Medicine
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate -- and, in theory, block -- pain signals in the body and spinal cord before those signals reach the brain. The researchers say the implants one day may be used in different parts of the body to fight pain that doesn't respond to other therapies.