POSTS TAGGED AS implantable device

Iota/Astellas Implanted Diagnostic Sensor

Developing millimeter size implants for diagnosis and treatment
“Using ultra-small device implants being developed by Iota Biosciences, Astellas Pharma hopes to [MORE]

Smartphone to Brain Implant to Neural Circuits

Tiny implant in brain can control neural circuits
In a step toward automated animal studies, engineers at the Korean Advanced Institute [MORE]

Implant for Remote Controlled Disease Management

Remote control implantable drug delivery system
“Researchers from Houston Methodist successfully delivered continuous, predetermined dosages of two chronic disease medications using [MORE]

Heart Patches of Living Stem Cells

Heart patch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Until heart doctors have a successful strategy for injecting stem cells directly into cardiac tissue to repair damage, this [MORE]

Listening to the Brain with a Graphene Sensor

Graphene-based transistor neural probe
“Graphene Flagship,” a consortium of 150 research groups, headquartered Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden), has developed [MORE]

Implantable Cellular Incubator

Cellular incubator
In this piece, “Researchers at Tomsk State University and Siberian State Medical University in Russia have developed a new [MORE]

First Wirelessly Powered Heart Pump

CET system
Heart patients who require a ventricular assist device typically have the pump’s cable protruding through their skin which is [MORE]

Appetite-Suppressing Implant

Battery-free implant to suppress appetite
Between the brain and the belly, the vagus nerve signals hunger and fullness. It is known [MORE]

Monitoring Heart Cells without Disrupting Them

Electronic device monitors cardiomyocytes
This from Japanese cardio-researchers: “For the first time, engineers have demonstrated an electronic device to closely monitor [MORE]

Bioelectronic Medicine, A Beginning

Biodegradable device for nerve regeneration
A recent Nature Medicine article, titled “Wireless bioresorbable electronic system enables sustained nonpharmacological neuroregenerative therapy,” describes [MORE]

Reading Brainwaves from Inside the Skull

Neuro chip
“Researchers at Purdue University have now developed a brain-reading implant that’s incredibly small and that doesn’t need any on-board batteries [MORE]

Patch Delivers Drugs Directly to Heart

Heart patch drug delivery
In order to get drugs, proteins or stem cells to the heart after an infarction, a collaboration [MORE]

Solar Powered Pacemaker

Mesurement device for solar powered pacemaker
Heart pacemaker batteries can last for a decade before they need to be surgically replaced. Even [MORE]

Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulating Implant

Self-tuning implant for Parkinsons
Deep brain stimulation has long been a procedure for treating Parkinson’s disease, but regulating the stimulation has [MORE]