POSTS TAGGED AS implantable

The Brains of Microbots

Electronic “Brains” Allow Microrobots to Walk Freely
“In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a team of researchers led by [MORE]

Artificial Neurons Using Microbatteries

Nuclear waste diamonds to power artificial neuron implants for decades
“Lately, Arkenlight has been working with French company Axorus, to explore [MORE]

“Hello World,” from an ALS Patient Using a Neuroprosthetic

Synchron Stentrode brain computer interface
“Philip O’Keefe, a 62-year-old amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient in Australia recently became the first person [MORE]

New Class of Bioelectronics

Bioengineers develop new class of human-powered bioelectronics
“The researchers [at UCLA] discovered that the magnetoelastic effect, which is the change of [MORE]

Implantable Oxygen Monitor

 
Monitoring deep tissue oxygenation
University of California electrical engineers “present a minimally invasive system to monitor deep-tissue O2 that reports continuous [MORE]

Heart Patch for Therapeutic Angiogenesis

To address oxygen deprivation in the heart, chemical engineers in South Korea “. . .  developed a bioengineered mussel adhesive [MORE]

A “Smart Stent” that Monitors Arterial Conditions

UBC smart stent
Electrical and computer engineers at the University of British Columbia have created “the first angioplasty-ready smart stent.”  “[They] modified [MORE]

A Pacemaker for the Lungs

Respiratory Pacemaker
Respicardia (Minnetonka, MN) has now implanted a breathing “pacemaker” in its first clinically approved patient. The device stimulates the [MORE]

Securing Implants Inside the Body with “Artificial Scales”

Artificial Scales to Secure Implants
Stents in the heart save lives, but they can move and cause problems. Keeping any implant [MORE]

“Neural Dust” Implant

Neural Dust
Electrical engineers at the University of California-Berkeley have created an implantable sensor, about the size of a grain of [MORE]