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Mind-Blowing 'Inflatable' Spinal Cord Implant Could Make Pain Relief Widely Available

Mind-Blowing 'Inflatable' Spinal Cord Implant Could Make Pain Relief Widely Available

Scientists have revealed a fascinating new design for an incredibly tiny, inflatable spinal cord implant, suited for treating severe chronic back pain that doesn't respond to medication.The inflatable electronic device is part of a (SCS) setup, a type of well-established therapy that delivers mild electric currents to a person's spinal cord via implanted electrodes. That current is sent by a small, implanted pulse generator device, and the whole thing reduces pain because the electrical pulses help to mask pain signals traveling to the brain via the spinal cord.If that all sounds rather...

June 28, 2021
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