Brain-computer allows paralysed patients to text
Two ALS patients, implanted with a brain-computer interface via the jugular vein and without the need for open brain surgery, successfully controlled their personal computer through direct thought.
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Soft brain implant controls brain cells
Researchers have invented a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant that can be recharged wirelessly from outside the body.
Nano-thin piezoelectrics advance wearables
A new type of ultra-efficient, nano-thin material could advance self-powered electronics, wearable technologies and even deliver pacemakers powered by heart beats.
Cardivascular diseases: digital twin improves therapy
Using mathematical image processing, scientists have found a way to create digital twins from human hearts.
Cardiac patch treats heart disease
Researchers have developed rubbery a bioelectronic implantable device that can monitor and treat heart diseases.
Fitness tracker: useful, but increase anxiety
Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but also gives rise to anxiety.
Micro-LEDs and photovoltaic device power implants
Researchers have developed a method to power medical implants using an active photonic wireless system.
Implants: Next-generation brain interfaces
Next-generation brain implants with more than a thousand electrodes can survive for more than six years.
Therapies without drugs
Researchers are investigating the potential of microimplants to stimulate nerve cells and treat chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, or Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinson’s: Patient treated with Deep Brain Stimulation device
The first Parkinson's patient worldwide was treated with a new neurostimulator, which enables better, more personalized care for patients.
Artificial neurons developed to cure chronic diseases
For the first time researchers successfully reproduced the electrical properties of biological neurons onto semiconductor chips.
Bionic prosthesis improves amputees’ health
Thanks to bionic prosthesis that features sensors that connect to residual nerves in the thigh, two volunteers are the first above-knee amputees in the world to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time.
Sound waves could bring us smarter medical implants
A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.
In emergencies: AI can improve X-ray identification of pacemakers
Researchers have created new AI software that can identify cardiac rhythm devices in x-rays more accurately and quickly than current methods.
Your body is your internet – and now it can’t be hacked
Researchers have built a device that could protect your pacemaker, other medical tech from remote hacks before they happen.
World’s first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for neurosurgery
An engineer designed the first neurosurgical robotic system capable of performing bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery inside a MRI scanner.