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Timing is everything in new implant tech


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IMAGE: A new version of wireless implants developed at Rice University allows for multiple stimulators, as seen here, to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter outside the body..
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Credit: Secure and Intelligent Micro-Systems Lab/Rice University
HOUSTON - (May 10, 2021) - Implants that require a steady source of power but don t need wires are an idea whose time has come.
Now, for therapies that require multiple, coordinated stimulation implants, their timing has come as well.
Rice University engineers who developed implants for electrical stimulation in patients with spinal cord injuries have advanced their technique to power and program multisite biostimulators from a single transmitter. ....

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