pain

Desarrollan un dispositivo implantable para el dolor, sin fármacos

They develop an implantable device for pain, without drugs

EUROPA PRESS.- A team of researchers led by Northwestern University in the United States has developed a small soft and flexible implant that relieves pain on demand and without the need for drugs. This first-of-its-kind implantable pain device could provide a much-needed alternative to opioids and other highly addictive drugs, its authors write in the …

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A soft electronic implant that 'cools' pain

A soft electronic implant that ‘cools’ pain

Scientists led by Northwestern University (USA) have developed a soft, miniaturized, implantable devicedesigned to ‘cool’ the nerves and provide specific pain relief, on demand, without the need for drugs. The system, presented this week in Scienceis based on flexible electronic technologies and microfluidics and has been successfully tested in rats. The biocompatible, water-soluble device works …

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