New miniature smart chip implant to combat chronic pain

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 07:20 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human trials will begin in Australia next year of a new device containing tiny smart chips which is implanted in the spinal cord or other nerves in the body to block pain signals and prevent them reaching the brain.

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