Medical Implant
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USC's Battery-Free Implant Aims to Provide Non-Addictive Pain Relief Reports say chronic pain affects 51.6 million Americans, and the effects are considered “high-impact” for about 17 million of them, influencing their life or work. Traditional methods of pain relief, such as opioid medications, carry the risk of addiction among other side effects. Current spinal cord stimulators are alternatives, but are expensive and require invasive surgery with a need for… |
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Paralyzed Patient Uses Elon Musk’s Neuralink Chip to Play Games Using Thoughts Rob Grenier became paralyzed after a car accident in 2022. He very recently received a Neuralink brain implant in June 2025 and shared this captivating experience on X, calling it “absolutely amazing”. He was able to move a cursor and play video games using only mental commands. The technology fundamentally is a small implantable chip that’s designed to form a direct communication path… |
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Neuralink Reports Successful Brain Chip Implant Trial: No Thread Retraction Complication According to Neuralink, the patient, named Alex, did not experience thread retraction unlike the first patient, and was discharged from Barrow Neurological Institute. He can now play video games and is learning 3D design software - just by thinking about it. Neuralink’s brain chip, which allows paralyzed individuals to control… |
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Implantable System for Automated Opioid Overdose Detection and Reversal Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new implant to overcome drug overdoses. This new implantable device called the Implantable System for Opioid Safety (iSOS), has shown significant potential in reducing fatalities from drug overdoses. This implant continuously monitors vital signs and uses a sophisticated sensor fusion algorithm to detect… |
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Next Generation Brain Implant Based on Graphene Brain implants have been here for a very long time. Doctors and researchers even use them for treatments for neurological issues like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease and even for behaviour corrections using selective simulations. However, the problem with existing implants is that they use meal electrodes, which result in Faradaic reactions, where the electrode reacts with bodily fluids… |
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Exploring RFID Chip Implants: Legal, Medical, and Ethical Considerations in India It was in January 2024, when Neuralink Corp. a company by Elon musk implanted its first brain chip called “Telepathy” in a 29-year-old accident victim to help him regain control of his paralyzed limbs. While this technology could actually help humans achieve a cyborg status it is far away from being available as of today But the same… |
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Medical Implant Communication System (MICS) Radio Module for Short Range Wireless Connectivity in Low Power Medical Devices Murata has added the new LBAA0PC1RMH298 module to its Type1RM family of ultra-small Medical Implamplant Communication System (MICS) band radio modules. The new module has been designed especially for body-worn and implantable monitoring/diagnostic devices that can address the most data-intensive of optional requirements. With the smallest dimension… |
