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Signal boosting implant allows patients with Parkinson’s to walk
April 23, 2019Manufacturing and Production Canada, Parkinson's, Western University, electrical signals, implant
Patients with Parkinson’s have been able to walk after receiving electrical stimulation to their spines. A new treatment, developed by …
Prototype skin implant signals cancer by forming a visible mole
April 20, 2018Medical Communications Cancer, device, implant, medtech, pharma
Researchers working with Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel have …
FDA approves first buprenorphine implant for opioid dependence
May 27, 2016Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, addiction, buprenorphine, dependence, implant, opioid, probuphine
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Probuphine, which is the first buprenorphine implant for the maintenance treatment …
Contraceptive microchip tipped to revolutionise birth control
July 14, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bill Gates, MIT, contraceptive, device, implant, microchips
IT start-up company MicroCHIPS is developing a radical new contraceptive in the form of a microchip that is implanted under …
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