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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]

Injectable Wireless Neurostimulator

Neurostimulator
Draper Lab (Cambridge, MA) announced late last year that its engineers had developed an injectable neurostimulator, coated with epoxy, which [MORE]

Implantable Robot Spurs Tissue Regeneration

Implantable Robotic Device Lengthens Esophagus
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital report proof of concept that implantable robots can cause organ growth [MORE]

Implantable Thread of islet Cells for T1D

Thread-Reinforced Alginate Fiber for Islets enCapsulation (TRAFFIC)
In animal studies, Cornell University scientists have developed a nanoporous polymer thread that strings [MORE]

A Hydroelectric Power Plant in Your Blood Vessels

Blood Vessel
Bioengineers at Fudan University (Shanghai) have built what they call a “fiber shaped fluidic nanogenerator” which is small enough [MORE]

Drug Releasing Implant that is Magnetically Triggered

Month by month, it seems, bioengineers are finding increasingly clever means for controlling drug release with implanted devices. This piece [MORE]

Medicare Coverage for Leadless Pacemaker

Comparison of Traditional and Micra Transcatheter Pacing System
We have followed the technical development of the leadless pacemaker over several years, [MORE]

Prosthetics that Feel via Brain-Computer Interface

Brain Computer Interface
You will remember, four years ago, when a Brown University start up, “BrainGate,” showed that its brain-computer interface [MORE]

Implantable Device Against Inflammatory Diseases

Neuromodulation
In a multi-center European trial, an implantable vagus nerve stimulator, made by SetPoint Medical (Valencia, CA), has been found to [MORE]

Lowering Blood Pressure with a Pacemaker Adjustment

Pacemaker
BackBeat Medical (New Hope, PA) makes a pacemaker that functions with an unusual algorithm. According to the company, their device [MORE]

Implantable “Radio” Sensor

Injectable Microcomputer
This YouTube video shows research engineers at the University of Michigan designing a micro-computer sensor and radio signal transmitting [MORE]

Drug Delivery with an Implantable Pump

Drug Delivery Pump
With chronic diseases, medication adherence (the right amount at the right time) can be vitally important. To improve [MORE]

Polymer Fills Spinal Tumor Cavity After Excision

Polymer Graph
Surgeons who remove spinal tumors or crushed vertebrae have to fill the gap left behind. Metal cages and titanium [MORE]