POSTS TAGGED AS implantable devices

GE’s Research on Neural Implants

Wireless Brain Implants for Paralysis
Neural implants that allow paralyzed people to “think’ their way to movement have been in the [MORE]

Nanogenerator for Pacemakers

Nanogenerator for Pacemakers
In animal studies, bioengineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea) have developed a [MORE]

Extending the Life of Implanted Nanoelectronics

3D Nanoelectronic Scaffolds Neural Tissue Interface
Nanoelectronics present many attractive possibilities for medical use—for example, sensors imbedded in prosthetics that can [MORE]

Vitamin B2 in Two Photon Polymerization for Implantable Devices

NC State 3-D Printing Riboflavin
To treat milder forms of the degenerative eye disease keratoconus ophthalmologists apply a few drops [MORE]

Bilateral Brain-Controlled Prosthetics

Monkeys controlling avatar with brain activity
Once again, truth is stranger than fiction.  Researchers at Duke University have implanted electrodes [MORE]

3-D Printing of Microbatteries

Microbatteries
A collaboration between engineers at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have, [MORE]

Graphene Bionics

Cortical Neurons Grown on Graphene
Biomaterials researchers are constantly looking for substances that can interface with human tissue, such as [MORE]