Spinal implant inflates like a tiny air mattress

“By targeting the same mechanisms through which epidural anesthesia controls pain during childbirth, engineers at the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a new medical implant that could offer relief from other types of severe pain. Administered with a needle and inflated like a tiny air mattress once in position, the device works by subjecting the spinal cord to mild electrical currents, and could negate the need for invasive surgeries.”    MORE

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